The vast majority of states chose pretty little songbirds as their state bird. Massachusetts went with the black-capped chickadee. Connecticut went for the ubiquitous American robin. The Northern ...

YELM, Wash. — The choir of clucking from thousands of Rhode Island Red chickens inside a Stiebrs Farms hen house creates such a din that it’s hard to hear anything else. The chickens follow visitors ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — This week marks the end of an era in our backyard — and in our food lives. After nearly two decades of raising chickens, we’ve said goodbye to Linda, our last remaining hen. A ...