Bird feeders don't just attract our fine feathered friends - they also draw pesky chigger bugs. Fortunately, there are several ways to keep these critters away.

Year after year, chicken remains the most popular meat to eat in the United States. Long before the country existed, however, chickens lived in tandem with human beings. They were domesticated some 8, ...

Birds are vibrant, intelligent companions, and their health depends significantly on what they eat. One of the most common ...

American oystercatchers are thriving on New York beaches, showcasing a resilient conservation success amid challenges from predators and human activity.

Bird flu was nearly everywhere in the U.S.—in chickens, cows, pet cats and even humans. Cases have gone down, but experts ...

The H5N1 avian flu is circulating in cows and other mammals. Whether it will make a permanent leap to humans is another ...

This edition of the Happy Homestead talks about raising your own laying hens from hatching all the way up to full grown hens ...

For eastern phoebes, a single nest requires so much incubating that splitting up the effort is almost sure to fail.

FROM THE PRICE AND PROMISE of a single egg to the life of the chicken who laid it, here are eight stories that reflect upon ...

For this reason, you shouldn't remove or destroy an active nest. But what if you discover an abandoned nest from last season ...

The wren, meanwhile, continued his rounds, moving from nest box to nest box, laying claim to them all. A female wren, if one ...

When a female cowbird is ready to have a baby, she’ll stake out another bird’s nest, wait until the coast is clear, then slip in, stealthily lay her egg and leave it behind for another family ...