/tags/chickens chickens en-US Copyright Thu, 01 May 2025 18:45:23 GMT /2025-05-01/ohio-state-course-teaches-backyard-poultry-keepers-how-to-keep-flocks-safe-from-illness The Ohio State University Extension School offers an online course for homeowners navigating poultry care in their backyards. Thu, 01 May 2025 18:45:23 GMT /2025-05-01/ohio-state-course-teaches-backyard-poultry-keepers-how-to-keep-flocks-safe-from-illness Debbie Holmes /2025-01-21/bird-flu-mercer-county-ohio-chickens More than 3 million commercial birds are affected by the virus in Ohio currently, according to the USDA. Tue, 21 Jan 2025 21:45:44 GMT /2025-01-21/bird-flu-mercer-county-ohio-chickens Isabel Nissley /storycorps-columbus/2019-12-12/food-and-community-in-columbus-african-american-neighborhoods Preserving African American history has many challenges. That's why many saw it as a victory when two buildings from Poindexter Village were saved from… Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:02:36 GMT /storycorps-columbus/2019-12-12/food-and-community-in-columbus-african-american-neighborhoods Michael De Bonis, Leticia Wiggins /ideastream/2019-07-30/suburban-sheffield-lake-tackling-poultry-problems Sheffield Lake is a small suburb of about 9,000 people living in about two and a half square miles, according to Mayor Dennis Bring. In such a densely populated, compact space, the town really needs to manage the chickens. “When you take that many people and put 50-foot lots – which are not very wide lots – and you start having animals, on 50-foot lots, anything that effects your neighbor becomes a problem, and that’s why we should have some rules in place,” he says. Tue, 30 Jul 2019 21:48:33 GMT /ideastream/2019-07-30/suburban-sheffield-lake-tackling-poultry-problems /news-partners/2019-04-24/too-many-eggs-for-one-basket-backyard-chicken-farmers-scramble-to-give-them-away Some food pantries are benefiting from home chicken keepers' desire to keep collecting the birds as pets, which results in more eggs than they can handle. But sometimes it can be hard to find takers. Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:00:47 GMT /news-partners/2019-04-24/too-many-eggs-for-one-basket-backyard-chicken-farmers-scramble-to-give-them-away Tove Danovich /news/2018-02-14/hopeful-homesteaders-flock-to-clintonvilles-city-chicken-boot-camp Here's the trick to holding chickens: Once you get them settled in your hand, they're actually pretty friendly.Inside the City Folks Farm Shop in… Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:00:00 GMT /news/2018-02-14/hopeful-homesteaders-flock-to-clintonvilles-city-chicken-boot-camp Gabe Rosenberg /npr-news/2017-06-22/how-do-eggs-get-their-shapes-scientists-think-theyve-cracked-it Eggs evolved over 300 million years ago and now come in all kinds of shapes, from Tic Tacs to teardrops to pingpong balls. After studying some 50,000 eggs, a team of researchers thinks it knows why. Thu, 22 Jun 2017 18:15:00 GMT /npr-news/2017-06-22/how-do-eggs-get-their-shapes-scientists-think-theyve-cracked-it Christopher Joyce /news/2015-12-18/bird-flu-related-ban-on-poultry-lifted-in-ohio The ban that forced every fair in Ohio to shut down their poultry shows this year has been lifted. Fear of the bird flu outbreak that hit states like… Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:21:48 GMT /news/2015-12-18/bird-flu-related-ban-on-poultry-lifted-in-ohio Andy Chow /news/2015-05-15/state-fair-bans-bird-from-states-fighting-avian-flu-outbreak Officials say poultry from states where a deadly bird flu virus has surfaced won't be permitted at this year's Ohio State Fair.The state's agriculture… Fri, 15 May 2015 12:39:49 GMT /news/2015-05-15/state-fair-bans-bird-from-states-fighting-avian-flu-outbreak