Backyard hens not only provide delicious eggs for your breakfast table, provide fertilizer for your garden and eat your kitchen scraps and weeds - they also make a great 'economical' family pet. Forge...

I love backyard chickens but I'm definitely not a fan of mice and rats. Just because you have chickens in your backyard, doesn't mean you also have to have mice or rats in your chicken coop. In most c...

If you think chickens are noisy pets, think again. Unlike the barking and meowing that you often hear around the neighbourhood, many people keep chickens in their backyard without their neighbours eve...