The Chickens

Winter is just around the corner, and that means it’s time to start winterizing the chicken coop and preparing your chickens for what’s to come! Chickens, contrary to popular belief, …

The title for today’s article was taken from the words uttered as we finished installing the Omelet automatic chicken door to our new coop this past spring. As we watched …

So just what does it take to raise a small flock of backyard chickens? We have been flooded the last few weeks with emails and questions about raising backyard chickens. …

If you are looking to create a coop to raise a few backyard chickens, this DIY small flock chicken coop is the perfect answer. Depending on the breed raised, it …

When it comes to self-sufficient living, nothing quite compares to the benefits of raising chickens in your backyard. Our small flock of hens provide us with so much more than …

For the next two weekends, we get to live out a dream in a modern urban farmhouse – complete with a backyard chicken coop, chickens, garden shed, raised beds, and an Any Age …

“I have always wanted to raise chickens!” – It’s a statement we hear at least once a week, and is usually followed quickly by: “is it difficult?”. The truth of the …

Finally!  The new coop is complete. With just a few small finishing touches to make this week – it will be ready to house our chickens for years to come. …

So, how do you get eggs when you don’t have a rooster? Seems like a dumb question now, but a sincere question I had a few years back. Chickens were …