Keeping chickens for the first time involves a lot of research, paperwork and planning. It can be exciting when you reach one of the first areas for concrete action, building a chicken coop. First, ...

With a total footprint of 6 by 16 feet, the coop anatomized below, based on a $3,000 model from mypetchicken.com, fulfills that function for at least ten chickens and incorporates a generous run for ...

As the urban-homesteading movement puts down ever-deeper roots within Indy’s city limits, the genteel farmers of SoBro, Irvington, and the like have naturally turned to livestock—specifically backyard ...

How hard could it be to make a chicken coop door that can be configured to open and close automatically using a straightforward interface? That’s the question that [Jeff Sandberg] set out with, after ...

Thoughtful features. Smart-tech upgrades available. Excellent security from curious critters. Easy egg retrieval. Mobile. Easy assembly. Super simple to clean. Typos in the instruction manual. Came ...

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The soaring cost of eggs may be inspiring some people to add a chicken coop or two to their backyard or property. The feathery pets, however, come with serious health risks, according to the Centers ...

The standard chicken coop is taller than a duck house needs to be because nesting boxes are typically installed off the ground along with a bar for roosting on at night. The first thing to do is to ...

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 ...

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VOLENTE, Texas (KXAN) — Move on over, pet sitting: A new backyard coop-sitting business is spreading its wings in Austin. Coop launched in the Austin and Dallas area in mid-summer as a one-stop shop ...