Size and Location. When building a chicken house, make sure it’s sized appropriately for the number of chickens you plan to have. A small chicken coop won’t hold a big flock.

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 process of designing and building the coop — it ended up being 87 percent Kevin, 6 percent Tamar, 7 percent accident — was a lesson in the importance of firsts.

Before building a backyard chicken coop, remember it can take up a good portion of a yard. “The overall size of your coop is dependent on how many chickens you will be housing; ...

The chicken coop plans morphed into an Austrian mountain hut measuring 10 by 10 feet. The idea was to build from the land as much as possible, as a homesteader might’ve done 140 years ago.

Interest in chicken coops is up among Americans in search of a more affordable way to consume eggs. More people are searching for do-it-yourself chicken coops and purchasing from retailers ...

About a quarter-century ago, American farmer Joel Salatin pioneered a portable chicken coop that allowed chickens to graze on new pastures every day. At the time, most chickens were crammed in ...

People who have their own coop full of chickens typically love chickens. Like, more than people. So it only makes sense that the feathered friends should be incorporated into as many aspects as ...

It was there about 12 years ago where he built his first coop, and became a chicken guy with the tattoo to prove it. "Some people like playing frisbee with the dog or petting their cats. I like ...

The Ignacio School District’s agricultural education department will incorporate a new 160-square-foot chicken coop structure in the coming months. The department received a $2,602 grant earlier ...