In fact, even free range chickens should have a coop to return to at the end of the night. The most important things are to keep it dry, warm and easy to clean.

If you own chickens, you’ve probably noticed that everything likes to eat them. Predators see chickens as an easy meal and it ...

Chickens have flown the coop and moved into the backyard.Kate Richards and her husband, Jonathon Ragsdale, don’t mind at all. In fact, they bought their 108-year-old Sierra Madre farmhouse w… ...

Merry Products Free Range Chicken Coop Something about this coop reminds me of a food truck, which got me to thinking that an egg-based food truck isn’t a bad idea. I’d call it Humpty Dumpty’s.

But I know better. I’ve seen chicken keeping up close. When I was a kid, I spent a lot of time visiting my grandparents who lived in Newellton, a small rural town in Louisiana. Emphasis on rural. I ...

FREE RANGE: Americans embrace backyard chicken coops as experts caution about the commitment and costs of proper poultry care. THAT BITES: A popular American candy is facing a safety advisory in ...

PARTRIDGE — Keeping chickens safe, healthy and happy can often be daunting. Sometimes the coyotes or raccoons snatch them. Or maybe they nibble on too many garden vegetables. To circumvent ...

In addition to the feed, the chickens can also go free-range in the yard, which some owners say has the added benefit of cutting down on weeds since the birds feed on them.

Coops that have installed modern, more spacious coops, can continue operating them for another 15 years, before moving to cage-free breeding. Free-range chickens in Itamar, Samaria, April 9, 2012.

At Riverstead, residents can be as involved as they want to be in the agricultural features that dot the gated community: a grazing meadow, orchards, a vineyard, a free range chicken coop, a ...

Coop launched in the Austin and Dallas area in mid-summer as a one-stop shop for chicken owners looking to have their coops cleaned and roosters and hens watched while they’re out of town. Th… ...

Egg Cart’n’s chicken tractors are portable chicken pens that allow chickens to have a fresh grazing area each day. The large wheels and lifting system move the less than 400-pound hutch to a ...