My wife and I live on a small farm. We raise chickens organically and sell their eggs. We also have six cats, so we go through a lot of cat litter — we usually buy the 35 pound buckets. Needless to ...

It's common to see chickens being kept in Australian backyards. They can deposit their eggs in long grass, around sheltered corners or behind mounds of soil — often anywhere except their fancy nesting ...

A hen mallard incubates her eggs inside a hen house installed on a backyard pond. The structure sat unused for three years before mallards began nesting in it. Credit: Christi Elliott The BDN outdoors ...

When summer temperatures rise, backyard birds can face life-threatening conditions inside their nesting boxes. The small wooden shelters might seem like they have plenty of insulation for ...