By comparison, some less productive chicken breeds may only lay two or three eggs a week, as well as take egg-laying breaks or the entire winter off." So, if you've always dreamed of getting backyard ...

Barleylands Farm in Billericay, Essex welcomes four newborn lambs for lambing season. Meet Dusk, Dawn, Danielle & ...

Susan Bizjack created The Bizzy Barnyard in memory of her sister, who died of cancer before she could carry out her plan to raise chickens and eat fresh eggs.

Customers dine at Café Vivant in Menlo Park on its opening night, Oct. 28. Photo by Seeger Gray. Editor’s note: This article has been updated to better reflect the relationship between Café Vivant and ...

Have you ever heard of competitive chicken shows? While this might seem like an eccentric niche, it is actually one of the oldest hobbies in America. Judges at chicken shows evaluate posture, plumage, ...

MANKATO — As best she can remember, Lynne Gehrke figures the flock of guinea fowl in her North Broad Street neighborhood in Mankato arrived about a dozen years ago. She wasn’t sure how they got here ...

First things first: the guinea pig is not a pig and it’s not from Guinea. Now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s talk about what these charming rodents, also called cavies, actually are. Their ...

In general, chickens make amazing pets. Getting chickens “for the kids” is a heartwarming idea that conjures up images of sun-dappled yards, giggling children collecting eggs, and cuddly hens nestled ...

Great news for Sweden’s egg laying hens: no more cages for these birds! The North European country has long been known to lead the world in innovation, and now Sweden has become the first EU country ...

Olga Artemyeva is a film critic, screenwriter and film curator based in NYC. She has a PhD in Art History and teaches Film Studies. Her dissertaion was dedicated to the evolution of horror, and it ...