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 ...

Our three Ameraucana hens needed a new, larger coop. I wanted a greenhouse with a sink, so my neighbor, Shawn Thompson, an excellent carpenter and all-around handyman, designed and built my chicken ...

Commercial chicken farming requires a high level of expertise, understanding, and commitment to be successful. Whilst it's important to always emphasize the need for excellent flock stockmanship, ...

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 ...

Building an ideal poultry house and successfully rearing healthy and productive chickens rarely involves rocket science. From design and engineering to funding and getting a farm off the ground takes ...

Farmers who wish to build chicken houses that don’t meet the revised requirements — which mostly require the facilities to be more than 1,000 feet from residential developments and other ...