PEABODY, MA — Madi Wood looked outside into the paddock of her small family farm in Peabody this week and noticed yet another unfamiliar face. With a beak, feathers, talons and a bright red comb atop ...

Lori Smith says her five chickens provide emotional support and therapy, but the homeowners association in her Gloucester County development say the birds need to go. The association claims neighbors ...

C-Jay Martin's emotional support chickens helped him through COVID isolation. It was something rather irregular at an otherwise regular board of appeals meeting in Maine. A resident wanted an ...

Growing up on the farm, we raised chickens, like any other self-respecting family. My sister and I had the daily chore of gathering eggs. We didn’t enjoy it much. The hens sometimes would ruffle their ...