Chicks are shipped in cardboard boxes designed to keep them warm. Hatching eggs in an incubator or under a hen is an exciting project, and shopping for chicks or other baby poultry at a farm store is ...

Wyandottes and other heritage poultry breeds grow slowly but produce firm, flavorful meat. Learn how to raise broiler chickens using this guide that covers everything from poultry breeds to which is ...

When Sheila and David Hendrickson ordered a few dozen chicks through a mail-order poultry catalog, they weren't sure what to expect. They prepared their backyard chicken coop, and knew the date the ...

It’s the weekly birthplace of 70,000 baby broiler chicks — 120,000 during peak busy spring weeks. For the last week, the chicks had been comfy in their shells, locked inside three hatchers with ...