It’s been a long, hard slog, but the city chickens and I are back in business. Last August my backyard hens unanimously participated in a work stoppage.

Isbar hens lay between 150 and 200 beautiful green eggs in several shades per year on average. Some even have brown speckles. ... Ameraucana chickens come in standard and bantam sizes.

Hens also need nesting boxes where they’ll lay their eggs inside the coop. A 12-by-12-inch box accommodates two to four hens — a good range to start with (one hen will get lonely). Expect each hen to ...

On their five acres of paradise, Jason and Stephanie Haines and their six children raise nearly 150 chickens, including "Easter Egger" hens which produce colored eggs that resemble Easter eggs.

For example, Leghorn chickens lay white eggs, Orpington’s lay brown eggs and Ameraucana chickens lay blue eggs. And the “olive egger” breed lays … wait for it … olive-green eggs.

Ameraucana chickens are a breed of chicken that are known for their egg-laying ability and their colorful appearance. They are considered to be good layers, with the potential to lay around 200 ...

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.

There’s nothing quite so sweet as gently cupping a fluffy day-old chick in your hands and hearing its first “peep, peep, peep ...

Keeping of chicken hens in areas not zoned for farm animals requires a permit through NOCO Humane. ... Rhode Island Red, Buff Orpington, Ameraucana and Black Australorps.

Some breeds of chicken, such as the Araucana, Ameraucana, Dongxiang, and Lushi, even lay blue or blue-green eggs . The different eggshell colors come from pigments the hens produce.