David Hager has a big hobby. “It’s like playing golf or anything else,” Hager says. “It’s a hobby.” However, Hager’s hobby is raising and showing some 240 bantam chickens at his home in Mount Ulla.

There are many reasons why someone might choose to raise chickens, from providing fresh eggs to enjoying the company of these ...

Mariana Greene’s five chicks have grown into pullets, but still await names. After weeks of consideration, feminine French names seem likely. ( Lara Solt - Staff Photographer ) According to a story in ...

Granite Heart certainly has a rock-solid will to live. The Bantam chicken, who only weighs 1.5 lbs., was born with a tendon disease in one of her legs. Up until recently, the 2-year-old bird had never ...

Modern Farmer: How’d you first get interested in shooting chickens? Ernest Goh: After I published my first book on fish, I decided to continue to photographing animals. So I found a farmer in Malaysia ...

Before Granite Heart got her new custom wheelchair from Walkin' Pets, she had to fly or hop everywhere Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work ...