Java chickens are about as close to the original domesticated chicken as you can get. However, the pressures of industrial agriculture have pushed the breed close to extinction. I drive backward in ...

The importance of breeding heritage breed chickens to ensure the birds retain their historically beneficial traits is outlined in the article Heritage Chicken Breeding: Why Not to Rely on Chicken ...

Last July 22, the Museum of Science and Industry’s perennially popular egg incubator hatched something totally unexpected: two oddly colored chicks from a breed of chickens that had been extinct for ...

Garfield Farm Museum near Geneva will host a program on backyard chickens Feb. 13. The program will begin at 1 p.m. The workshop will serve as a basic introduction to starting a backyard chicken flock ...