The labor of love chronicles purebred fowls, championship chickens, and more than 40 eccentric breeds, blending lively text and brilliant and peculiar photographs by Tamara Staples, who has been ...

Childhood visits to my grandparent’s farm served to foreshadow raising chickens of my own. Tossing seed corn, herding a mean rooster to the coop, and reaching under a hen to gather a warm egg were ...

Although I have kept city chickens for 14 years, they keep me on my toes. Each one has its own distinct personality — or, rarely, no personality whatsoever — and changes often are signs of trouble in ...