Articles by triplepurpose

Anyone wanting a simple answer to the question of how big to build a coop or run for a given number of birds can simply do an internet search, get a random number, and be “done.” However, optimizing your chicken zone to truly make the most of available resources, save yourself the most amount of...

Welcome! This is a pen I built for our Muscovy ducks (above), but I would use the same for chickens or any fowl, really. It's about as basic as you can get. It's not suitable for severely cold climates perhaps and is not predator-proof, but since I have neither of those problems it serves...

First a quick and cheeky disclaimer: all of the following information comes from my own 20+ years of experience raising chickens, eating eggs, talking to people, reading, and thinking about things in a critical way, but I am not infallible. Much of my statements may contradict established...

This delightfully simple and easy stew is always a hit at our house, and one of our favorite ways of featuring our home-grown heritage stewing hens and our red cabbages. It has that soul-food yumminess that just makes you want to keep going back for a little bit more, even though you're...