Backyard chicken coops are popping up everywhere! If the idea of raising chickens has piqued your interest, but the thought of building your own chicken coop seems overwhelming or too expensive, ...

A slightly remodeled plastic doghouse and a wire pen make a perfect home for two to four hens. Keeping chickens should be fun and require little management. You don’t need to spend lots of money and ...

In Episode 201 of Mother Earth News and Friends, Jessica Mitchell and Kenny Coogan talk about the essential features every coop needs to keep your chickens safe as well as some ways to build your ...

After 10 years of keeping chickens, I have developed a strong understanding of what a coop needs to support productive and healthy birds. The ideal coop protects chickens from predators, is easy to ...

Perched above the ivy that grows behind Matthew Wolpe's North Oakland home sits a tree house in miniature. With large glass windows, an aluminum truss roof and a spiral staircase leading up to a ...

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When Bay Area designers Kevin McElroy and Matthew Wolpe of Just Fine Design/Build unveiled their mod chicken coop Chick-in-a-Box at a 2010 Maker Faire, they thought they were on to something. Chickens ...

Check out these must-see designs for raising backyard chickens in style 1 of 8 Excerpted from Reinventing The Chicken Coop (c) Kevin Mcelroy & Matthew Wolpe. Photograpy by (c) Erin Kunkel. Used with ...

2020 was the year of the chicken. Specifically, it was the year of the baby chicken, purchased in late March by people who suddenly found themselves with more time on their hands, newfound concern ...