I hadn’t kept bantams until, about six years ago, a friend gave me two Lavender Pekins. Quickly named Pam and Betty, after my beloved Bolton aunt and granny, they proved as feisty and formidable as ...

Meet Bean, TikToker @bittiesandbuns' tiniest hen. Dutch Bantam chickens are known for their petite size, and to show just how tiny Bean really is, her family compared her to a few everyday objects. It ...

Bantam chickens are a great way to raise beautiful ornamental poultry without taking up too much space in the backyard. Weighing in at 16 to 30 ounces, these diminutive birds share the characteristics ...

New Eglu coop and automatic chicken door installed — testing how our Bantam chickens respond. Featured: Eglu coop; automatic ...

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 ...

Childhood visits to my grandparent’s farm served to foreshadow raising chickens of my own. Tossing seed corn, herding a mean rooster to the coop, and reaching under a hen to gather a warm egg were ...

On Saturday, poultry breeders from throughout the southwest — and even as far away as Missouri — came the Bantam Breeder Summer Swap at Calhoun County Ag Facility. Overseers of the event that showed ...

According to a story in the Chicago Tribune, plant-based baby names for girls overall are increasing, and 10 previously low-profile botanicals - Lily, Violet, Willow, Hazel, Ivy, Iris, Olive, Dahlia, ...