I’ve joked with friends and family that, with five backyard chickens, I am 2025 rich. Every day, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., my family’s feathered flock produces between three and five fresh eggs, ...

Humboldt was found alive in April 2017, legs bound, in a dumpster in a suburban parking lot. Chicken Run Rescue refers to him as a casualty of urban animal agriculture. When it comes to staying ...

As Chicago-area shoppers hesitate to reach into grocery coolers when they see the price of eggs, Jim Irwin enjoys going out to his backyard chicken coop on Chicago’s Northwest Side, and Annie Lawson ...