Thinking of raising a few chickens to provide eggs, but worried about getting in over your head? PM senior home editor Roy Berendsohn provides general guidelines on chicken care and how to build a ...

Community organizer Kelli Wefenstette, 33, and her husband have been raising hens in their Portage Park backyard for seven years. The birds do a lot more than lay eggs, she says. “They’ll chase after ...

The price of eggs may be through the roof, but that doesn’t mean you’ll save money with a chicken coop. While the popularity — and legality — of backyard chickens is spreading, the economics doesn’t ...

The North Hero artist bases her cartoons on her flock of backyard chickens. Seven Days asked these muses how they do the serious work of providing inspiration.

YOUTH is no longer wasted on the young. Dynamic entrepreneur and hen-breeder, 13-year-old Andrew Butler, is teaching people a thing or two. He's a first year secondary school student who decided to do ...