Some Americans are turning to backyard chickens amid rising egg prices.

From the countryside to Hollywood, backyard farming is the new “it” thing. You might picture A-listers on private jets and in ...

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 ...