Articles by Brian

Day One: 2-1-08 Today the chicks arrived. All 25 of them. So, here they are: 7 Rhode Island Red, 6 Delaware, 5 Black Australorp, 3 Ameraucana, 2 Buff Orpington, and 2 Plymouth Barred Rock. They were hatched on 1-29-08, so here they are at 3 days old. Brian Here they are at Day 10: Four...

Original watercolor paintings are available for purchase. These are usually 15x22" in size, look nice mounted in a 20x24" frame. Custom sized paintings may be requested. Paintings may be securely shipped in a mailing tube, and make an excellent gift for the chicken lover in your family. These...

Combination Garden Shed/Hen House, designed and built by Brian McPartland, 2007. Here is my combo shed/coop. It is 18 feet long in total. The shed portion is 6x8', and the coop portion is 8x10'. I wanted an internal shed area for feed storage, as well as a handful of tools for the neighboring...