Articles by res

Since the kids and I have so much time at home right now, and the demand for locally grown meat and eggs is sky high, we decided to purchase 35 chicks and ducklings. The kids are using it as a homeschooling "project" for math, science and biology. We don't have internet to support online...

We are a military family, so we move often. We started into chickens recently, in the fall of 2010 while we were living in Oklahoma. In the spring of 2012, we had to move to Maryland, and have been slowly getting back into chickens again. We purchased an Egg Cart'n tractor, and while I love it...

We used this "coop" design for almost 2 year with up to 15 hens. It was built under a 36" deep 42" high workbench that was built across the back wall of a 10x16 shed. The hens were free-ranged in my fenced backyard, so they were only in the coop to lay eggs and at night. They were locked in at...