BETHLEHEM TWP. − Who needs the Easter Bunny when you can raise chickens that lay colored eggs? On their five acres of paradise, Jason and Stephanie Haines and their six children raise nearly 150 ...

No chicken will naturally lay eggs of the vibrant, neon pinks and greens and blues that are commonly found on plastic Easter eggs. But there are hens known as “Easter eggers,” that will lay eggs in ...

I love chickens. They are a beautiful bird that not only provides us with endless amounts of eggs and easy to cook, delicious meat, but they are a joy to own. Just to stop what you are doing and watch ...

My first baby chicks arrived 10 years ago, just after midnight on Easter Sunday. The post office, of course, was closed, but I got the call to come get them, as happens when live animals are shipped.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Children in Schaumburg ...

There’s still more than a week until the Easter Bunny makes his rounds, but on Wednesday some young kids from Airdrie got an unusual taste of the fun to come. It came on a field trip with their ...

Look for alert chickens with bright eyes, an upright vivid red comb, and shiny feathers. Photo/Supplied In the early 1900s, around half of New Zealand households had hens in their backyards. After a ...

A distraught California farmer is searching for the culprit behind the disappearance of almost 300 specialty hens that lay unusual colored pastel eggs. White and brown eggs may be perfectly good for ...

Hundreds of hens who lay unique pastel-colored eggs have been stolen from a family's farm just weeks before Easter. Gerald Leuschen, who hand-raised the chickens on Buddy's Farm in Sonoma County, ...

Dyeing eggs was always high on my childhood list of favorite Easter activities. It outranked both the egg hunt and getting a new outfit. So I read with interest my fellow writer Taylor Smith's article ...