Backyard Chickens

Free-range happy chickens and roosters (Photo: Adobe Stock │ 355458909 - Sonja Birkelbach)
Animal Health, Avian, Chickens, Livestock, Poultry

Springtime & backyard chickens: a fresh start for your flock

Spring is finally here! The days are getting longer, the grass is getting greener, and your chickens? They’re ready to party. Read More

Rooster and chickens on a free range poultry farm. (Adobe Stock │ #298687461 - monticellllo)
Avian, Backyard Birds, Chickens, Home and Family, Poultry

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)
Avian, Backyard Birds, Chickens, Home and Family, Poultry

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