Backyard Chickens

Avian, Chickens, Livestock, Poultry

Got chickens? Take the HPJ Poultry Poll

High Plains Journal wants to hear all about your birds and how you manage your flock. Take this quick poll. Read More

Woman with eggs in hands. (Photo: iStock - Jacob Wackerhausen)
Avian, Chickens, Livestock, Poultry

How to price farm fresh eggs when selling

A small brown hen with vibrant red comb and wattle, walking among bird seed on a wet farmyard path. (iStock │ #2037887018 - Liam Slade)
Avian, Backyard Birds, Chickens, Livestock, Poultry

Raising chickens in super wet & rainy conditions: A practical guide



Free-range happy chickens and roosters (Photo: Adobe Stock │ 355458909 - Sonja Birkelbach)

Springtime & backyard chickens: a fresh start for your flock

Rooster and chickens on a free range poultry farm. (Adobe Stock │ #298687461 - monticellllo)

The gentle rooster: strategies for managing and reducing aggression

Close-up of a black rooster with a red comb and shiny feathers. (iStock │ #2204508119 - Sviatlana Lazarenka)

Butchering a rooster: A first timer’s experience

Basket full of fresh eggs with red laying hen in nest inside a wooden chicken coop on the background. (Adobe Stock │ #529849775 - alter_photo)

Backyard Laying Hen Workshop set for May 10

  • By Patrick Davis │ University of Missouri Extension
Chicken coop in back yard in residential area. (Adobe Stock │ #217759075 - annebel146)

Raising chickens for their eggs has some costs and takes time and patience

Any tomato that has reached the breaker stage is considered vine ripened and can be picked. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)

A ‘gathering for gardeners’ is set for March 8 in Hutchinson

Free-range happy chickens and roosters (Photo: Adobe Stock │ 355458909 - Sonja Birkelbach)

OSU Extension backyard chickens online course