The bantam category is filled with breeds of chickens that are smaller than standard-sized birds — some only weigh a few pounds. There are “true bantams,” which are breeds only available in the bantam ...

How long will my pet chicken live? The average life expectancy of a chicken is 6 to 12 years. Generally, the smaller the breed, the longer the birds live. Step aside, cats and dogs. Chickens could be ...

Mariana Greene’s five chicks have grown into pullets, but still await names. After weeks of consideration, feminine French names seem likely. ( Lara Solt - Staff Photographer ) According to a story in ...

Milagro and Geisha Girl live in a two-level home with a picket fence that wraps around the stilts of their house and a backyard enclosed in wire mesh to keep foxes and raccoons from attacking. Geisha ...

Modern Farmer: How’d you first get interested in shooting chickens? Ernest Goh: After I published my first book on fish, I decided to continue to photographing animals. So I found a farmer in Malaysia ...

BANTAM -- Pet Acoustics specialty pet store located in The Cove at 585 Bantam Road in Bantam, Connecticut (www.petacoustics.com) will host a Family Day Pet Event on Saturday, May 5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p ...