Articles by riverchicks

Welcome! My name is Heather and I live in the beautiful Wisconsin River Valley. I am married and have two wonderful boys, ages 8 & 11. We also have two dogs, a cat, a guinea pig and 16 baby chicks. We started our chicken experience earlier this year when a friend gave us 4 laying hens he could...

We have started building our new coop on an existing cement pad in our yard. Coop size will be 10x12 and will also include a nice size covered run. My son picked out the vinyl flooring and we are using windows leftover from a long-ago remodel project. Hubby was a bit put out with me when I...