The chicken mini-coop can be easily moved around the yard and garden by just one person, so the birds can feed on fresh grass and bugs as much of the year as possible. Build a chicken tractor perfect ...

Chicken tractors (or chicken arks, as they’re known elsewhere) are small coop-and-run combos that make it easy for you to integrate chickens into a vegetable garden or yard. Although you can buy ...

If you’re wondering how to build a chicken coop and feel like it may be too big of an undertaking, finding the right set of downloadable chicken house plans can help simplify and streamline the ...

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 ...

Mike Robidoux of East Haddam, Connecticut, is an operating engineer at a power plant by trade, woodworker by hobby, and now chicken farmer by his wife's impulse. When Mike's wife came home with eight ...

Meghan Holmes is a writer and documentarian specializing in scientific topics such as the environment, invasive species, sustainability, and food issues. She holds a master's in Southern Studies from ...