In general, chickens make amazing pets. Getting chickens “for the kids” is a heartwarming idea that conjures up images of sun ...

The Dominique Chicken breed is a good heritage poultry breed for those who want a bird known for staying in the middle ground: Not too big or small, not incredibly prolific but certainly steady, in ...

Catie Leary writes and curates visual stories about science, animals, the arts, travel, and the natural world. If you can’t get enough omelettes or you want to make a little extra cash selling eggs to ...

Traditional chicken breeds, Gallus gallus, exhibit a wide range of phenotypes and more than 200 ‘fancy’ breeds are recognised (Scrivener, 2006, 2009). While some of these breeds are of recent origins ...