Small family farms and backyard gardens were the way our ancestors nourished America in the past. Most likely, looking to the past will be the way to guarantee a quality, health-giving food source for the future. It's also fun and exciting raising and breeding chickens, ducks, turkeys and quail in a custom built Green Chicken Coop.
We design and build our coops of wood from timber plantations that are certified to be ecologically sustainable. The plywood we use is exterior grade, 3/4 inch thick, from certified managed forests and free from any harmful glues or chemicals. The cedar shake roof shingles and underlayment protect the house from any weather conditions and our "environmentally friendly" paint is non-toxic, exterior latex with a low-VOC as well as a low-VOC colorant.
Not only do we build these coops, using local woodworkers, but we raise laying hens in these coops ourselves. Our Green Chicken Coops are just a mile down the road from our workshop and when we take a break from building coops we collect our eggs and spoil our hens with a variety of veggies and generally let our hens "free range" in the afternoon. We enjoy our fresh, organically "home farmed" eggs with the darker yolks (nutritious food is always richer in color) and superior omega-3 fatty acid content. We also have, most importantly, the "pleasure of keeping chickens".
