Poultry

This best-selling author-illustrator gives her tips on raising fancy fowl.

Looking to get started raising poultry, but don't have the room? Bantams are a solution.

Enjoy these reader-submitted poultry photos. Visit our poultry photo gallery to post yours!

Kevin Davis built a spectacular "Chicken Mansion" on his Kentucky acreage, complete with a wire roost, outside entry nest boxes, predator-proof runs, and automatic feeders. Take a look at these great photos!

If you're having trouble putting up with an aggressive rooster around your farm, you don't have to play the avoid game. Sometimes you just need to show him who runs the farm. Here's how.

Bud Wood owns a hatchery and says Rhode Island Reds are one of the earliest breeds developed in the United States and are among his best sellers because of their production qualities.

When raising chickens, one of the most important decisions a backyard hobbyist must make is how the chickens will be housed. While individual coop designs will vary according to your whim and fancy, every great chicken coop shares seven common characteristics.

What to know about Wood Ducks and how to encourage their numbers on your land.

Most producers who raise chickens in pastures keep their birds outside in a movable shelter. They move it every day, keeping the birds on fresh-growing vegetation.

Raising feathered friends can bring joy and entertainment to your acreage. Here s how one creative guy makes poultry a part of his life.

Rather than being bred for egg or meat production, the purpose of these miniature chickens is to be beautiful and personable.

Choosing the right backyard chicken breed can be difficult. Thankfully, several breeds standout and make excellent additions to any backyard poultry flock.

Adding a few ducks to your backyard poultry flock can provide the same unique entertainment in your very own backyard. Learning which duck breeds are best for beginners can make the start-up process easier and more enjoyable.

Geese are much larger than chickens and ducks, and can be intimidating to beginners. However, geese can be quite friendly. Adding a few geese to your backyard poultry hobby can be a fun and exciting experience.

The poultry living in your backyard can be just one bird away from getting avian influenza.

Chickens, ducks, geese and other poultry make a nice addition to any acreage, but they require vaccinations to prevent them from getting sick.

Even free-range chickens need a safe place to roost, away from predators and the elements. Here are some simple ways to build a henhouse.

Although the term sounds somewhat exotic, free-range chickens are simply birds not housed continuously.

If you're considering raising chickens, it's important to first decide what kind of eggs you want.

When it comes to raising animals on your acreage, it doesn't get much easier than geese.

Even though they do have a bit of a temper, geese can make a welcome addition to any country acreage.