What if bird flu and the skyrocketing price of eggs not only encouraged us to raise our own chickens but – as we learned about their admirable traits – to become better human beings? With such a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about commodities through a four-decade lens of experience. The high cost of eggs and the arrival of spring is generating ...

The Van Schyndel family has been using mobile tractors for eight years, leading to happier, healthier, bigger chickens.

If the increasing egg prices have you considering the idea of your own backyard egg production, you’re not alone. Raising chickens, like many other homestead-oriented hobbies, has only increased in ...

As egg prices skyrocket, you too may be considering if it would be cheaper going straight to the source and raising your own ...

TO SKYROCKET, AND THE DEMAND FOR EGG THAT’S NOT GOING DOWN AT ALL. WELL, THE BIRD FLU OUTBREAK HAS KILLED MILLIONS OF EGG LAYING HENS, REDUCING THE EGG SUPPLY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YEAH. AND AS FAMILIES ...

If you live in a region that feels like it rains more often than not, you’re not alone—and neither are your chickens! Raising backyard chickens in super wet and rainy conditions presents unique ...