On a hot Saturday morning in the waning days of summer, I joined a handful of people for a participatory quail slaughter at Pettibone Urban Game, a three-quarter-acre farm in Clinton Township, a ...

Our way of life may have changed from homesteads and ranches in many parts of the Midwest to fast-paced urban centers of activity, but that doesn't mean that we can't embrace a quieter side of life.

Raising quail for meat and eggs in your backyard can easily become a fascinating hobby. Quail are friendly, inexpensive and tender, and their eggs are in many places considered a delicacy. It is also ...

Just off 18th Street, in a cozy east Mount Vernon neighborhood, is Alisa Kester’s small barnyard. Defying its residential status, Kester’s plot is home to a growing number of poultry livestock and ...

Poultry farming isn’t for everyone, but Oliver Books hasn’t quailed from the endeavor despite living in a city. Over the past five months, Books has raised about 70 Coturnix quail. The petite fowl, ...