In 2020, the number of American households keeping backyard chickens increased to 13 percent. While two-thirds of those homeowners consider their chickens pets, half keep them for fresh eggs. In ...

In recent years, there has been a significant shift towards self-sufficiency and sustainability in food production. With rising grocery prices, concerns about the quality of store-bought food, and the ...

I jumped head first into the backyard chicken game in 2018, and bought eight chicks and a coop from a local farm store. Five of them turned out to be roosters, but that’s a whole different story. The ...

Our three Ameraucana hens needed a new, larger coop. I wanted a greenhouse with a sink, so my neighbor, Shawn Thompson, an excellent carpenter and all-around handyman, designed and built my chicken ...

How can I build a backyard chicken coop and avoid inflated egg prices? Along with travel expenses and gasoline, food prices have also increased in the past year, largely due to the coronavirus ...

Custom amenities include large front doors for coop cleaning access. Build a budget-friendly DIY pallet chicken coop from upcycled materials to keep your birds in maximum creature comfort. If you ...

If you are keeping chicken as a hobby or for business, it is important that they stay in a place where they thrive. To build a good chicken coop, a farmer should consider different factors like the ...

The homesteading pros at Gold Shaw Farm demonstrate how to build one of the strangest chicken coops. Meet the Senate aide ...

Egg prices have soared over the past year, according a January report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture — a dozen large averaging $5.97 in California. People are starting to chatter: Are chicken ...

Fourteen chickens now call the Mendocino County Jail home after inmates spent nearly a week building a coop for them last month on the Ukiah property. Matt DuBoise, founder of North Carolina-based ...