PEABODY, MA — Madi Wood looked outside into the paddock of her small family farm in Peabody this week and noticed yet another unfamiliar face. With a beak, feathers, talons and a bright red comb atop ...

It was late November, one week before the start of the illicit cockfighting season, when thousands gathered inside the city of Cleveland’s expo arena for a game fowl festival. While cockfighting is ...

DEAR ERIC: One of our neighbors has acquired backyard chickens, and a rooster. His chicken coop is not far from our bedroom window. Now that it’s getting warmer, we like to sleep with the windows open ...