Learn about methods for breeding heritage chickens to achieve a hardy and productive flock designed for the modern homesteader. Many of us who keep backyard flocks are aware that industrial chicken ...

Aviagen and Cobb raise a small number of purebred chickens, then cross and recross their bloodlines for three generations.

This is a quick video on breeding mongrel cross bred chickens. I have a really mixed flock of hens some are purebreds and ...

As consumer interest in heritage-breed meats grows, more companies are looking to get in on the market—especially when it comes to chicken. Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats ...

In a few decades, global warming will likely make our unbearable summers hotter, longer, and even more unbearable. So think of the chickens. Or, if you can’t find a place for chickens in your heart, ...

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 ...

Anyone living in northern temperatures should pick poultry breeds that tolerate cold weather. Cold-hardy birds prove their productivity and ability to produce a steady egg supply despite cold weather.