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Chicken

Kathryn Sarkisian holding a chicken | Pacific Legal Foundation

Excessive Fines

She Got a Permit for Her Chickens. Now the City Is Fining Her $80,000.

The Douglas, Michigan, city government is hitting a homeowner with crushing fines after reversing its own approval. She’s fighting back in federal court.

C. Jarrett Dieterle | 6.28.2025 6:30 AM

Three chickens, with three easter eggs | Lars Christensen | Dreamstime.com

Easter Egg

Don't Fear the Bird Flu When Dyeing Easter Eggs

If you can afford them.

Ronald Bailey | 4.19.2025 6:30 AM

Liz Wolfe stands in a backyard, holding a chicken | Liz Wolfe

Urban

How To Raise Backyard Chickens

The urban farming renaissance offers a little taste of self-reliance.

Liz Wolfe | 4.18.2025 7:15 AM

Chickens | imageBROKER/Jochen Tack/Newscom

Regulation

New Salmonella Rules Could Kill Small Farms

Big Chicken wins while small farmers and processors face costly regulations—and consumers remain at risk.

C. Jarrett Dieterle | 12.7.2024 7:00 AM

Three chickens, in a row | Sonsedskaya | Dreamstime.com

Animals

Brickbat: Nobody Here but Us Chickens

Charles Oliver | 10.8.2024 4:00 AM

Cooler display with drinks and premade meals. | Mara Robinson | Dreamstime.com

Chicken

Brickbat: Quite an Expensive Sandwich

Charles Oliver | 12.7.2023 4:00 AM

chicken tax tariffs pickup trucks free trade podcast why we can't have nice things | Illustration: Lex Villena

Season 1, Episode 5 Podcasts

Why We Can't Have Nice Things: The 'Chicken Tax' That Makes Pickup Trucks More Expensive

"It's not easy to make one of these rules, but it's a thousand times harder to get rid of one."

Eric Boehm | 8.31.2023 11:00 AM

"Boneless wings" are breast meat! | Halim v. Buffalo Wild Wings

Litigation

A Class Action Reveals the Horrifying Truth: 'Boneless Wings' Are Breast Meat!

Lawyers representing an allegedly duped Buffalo Wild Wings customer demand that the company disgorge its ill-gotten gains.

Jacob Sullum | 3.17.2023 2:20 PM

A woman in a sunhat poses with her backyard chickens. | Photo 67961951 / Of © Mariusz Szczawinski | Dreamstime.com

Politics

Kenosha Legalizes Backyard Chickens—With Plenty of Red Tape

Backyard chickens are slowly making headway, but not without tradeoffs.

Baylen Linnekin | 11.26.2022 8:30 AM

dreamstime_xxl_121145565 | Photo 121145565 © Joshua Snader | Dreamstime.com

Property Rights

Backyard Chickens Make Headway in Iowa, Stall Out in New York

Fowl regulations are improving in some places, ruffling feathers in others.

Baylen Linnekin | 1.15.2022 8:00 AM

feature image HD | Kerri Hand

California

California Killed 1.2 Million Birds To Stop a Virus. Pet Owners Say They Were Terrorized.

The euthanasia campaign may be necessary to prevent the spread of the Newcastle disease, but bird owners say that it's being carried out in a cruel manner.

Justin Monticello | 1.14.2020 2:00 PM

Large image on homepages | Christian Britschgi

Tax Reform

Giant Inflatable Chicken Appears in D.C., and It's Not Happy About Tax Cuts

"Chicken Don" is gearing up for a fight over tax reform.

Christian Britschgi | 8.11.2017 12:20 PM

Large image on homepages | Fotokon / Dreamstime.com

Chicken

Behold Chicken Little-gation

America is awash in poultry-focused lawsuits.

Baylen Linnekin | 11.12.2016 7:47 AM

Chicken

Mob-Linked Bird Baron Knocks Up Chickens South of the Border

Jesse Walker | 4.2.2005 12:32 AM

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