The price of eggs keeps going up; if you enjoy a fresh omelette or scramble, you may be considering getting your own chickens. Before you do, you will want to have a good coop, which will help keep ...

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More than 13 million homeowners raise backyard chickens, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and that number is expected to grow over the next several years. You can rear chickens in ...

“I would say a key element in the increased popularity of backyard chickens came during the pandemic, as it was a time when people felt the need to become more self-sufficient and build a greater ...

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, ...

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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 ...

When it comes to housing, chickens are not terribly fussy. So you might want to consider alternatives to traditional, wood-built coops this year. Credit: Julia Bayly / BDN This story was originally ...