How I Insulated my Chicken Coop & Get Eggs All Winter
Chickens are hardy birds that adapt well to a wide range of temperatures if given the resources needed to keep themselves warm. In this article …
Chicken Keeping
Learn how to keep chickens with these unique and innovative tips to make your coop stylish, your chores easy, and keep your hens healthy and laying eggs year-round.
Easy Guide: What Should be Inside a Chicken Coop
Are you ready to embark on the exciting journey of building your own home chicken coop but have no idea what belongs inside a chicken …
Chicken Coop Christmas Decorations: 10 Ideas
Bring Christmas cheer to your coop with charming Christmas decorations- in this article. You’ll learn 10 of my best tips for decorating a chicken coop …
I Tested Fake Eggs in my Chicken Coop’s Nesting Boxes: Here’s What Happened
If you have more than 1-2 chickens, you likely know that one of the challenges of keeping laying hens is that they tend to want …
Adding Reach-Through Nesting Boxes to a Vintage Chicken Coop
Nesting boxes are a recent addition to my vintage 1920’s era chicken coop. Tired of retrieving eggs from plastic-totes-turned-nesting-boxes (which had a tendency to migrate …
Is Raising Chickens for Meat Profitable? My Cost Breakdown
A few years ago I raised a flock of meat birds. I accompanied these birds from brooder to butcher and along the way, I shared …
6 Tips to Successfully Move a Broody Hen
Hatching chicks from your own eggs- or convincing a motherly hen to raise a batch of hatchery chicks- is a fun way to experience a …
How to: Build Your Own 2-Week Chicken Feeder
Necessity is the mother of invention- and in this case, a need to not frequently handle feed bags due to a dust allergy inspired the …
Plants for Chicken Coop Runs | Landscape for Shade and Forage
Good landscaping in and around your chicken coop can improve flock health by providing well-ventilated shade in the heat of summer and fresh supplemental forage …
How to Build a Portable Fold-Flat Chicken Tractor – Free Plans
I raised 35 meat birds this spring and in order to keep things civil in the 100 year old coop I renovated for my laying …
Getting a Broody Hen to Raise Hatchery Chicks: A How To Guide
If you’ve ever fussed with heat lamps, cold drafts, warm days risking overheating, and tiny baby chicks in a brooder, you know how frustrating the …
My Easy to Clean Chicken Coop Interior Inspired by a 1920s Build
My chicken coop, originally built in 1920, includes an ingenious design that makes the interior easy to clean. In this post, I’ll show you how …
DIY: Easy-Clean Chicken Nesting Box Liners
Most chicken coops are plagued by cracked eggs and soiled nests- solve both problems by installing soft astroturf nesting liners that provide a soft surface …
Our Old Chicken Coop: Keeping Modern Chickens in a Vintage Coop
An old chicken coop can still work great for keeping chickens today – in fact, it may even be a far better home for …
🐥Chicken Grazing Boxes: Download Free PDF Plans
Chicken grazing boxes are wooden frames with wire mesh stapled to one side. Grazing boxes make it possible to grow grass even in crowded chicken …