You have no doubt heard about roosters and hens, but do you know the difference? When it comes to a rooster vs hen, how can you tell them apart, and what are the primary distinctions that you can make ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Those adorable balls of fluff and feathers that were so irresistible at Easter can become a backyard chicken fancier’s worst nightmare when four months later, one starts crowing.

So you have a batch of newly-hatched chicks, but don’t know whether they’ll become hens or roosters. While it’s easy to tell the difference between the two when mature chickens strut across your yard, ...

Dear Eric: One of our neighbors has acquired backyard chickens, and a rooster. His chicken coop is not far from our bedroom window. Now that it’s getting warmer, we like to sleep with the windows open ...

Brittney Hantak wanted one thing for certain when she and her husband bought their bungalow three years ago on Chicago’s Northwest Side: to keep chickens in their backyard and create, as she put it, ...