When winterizing a chicken coop, you may also purchase an electric ... If you insulate or use a tarp, make sure there is a small area for fresh air to enter. This area should be on the lee side ...

A small chicken coop won’t hold a big flock ... Metal or plastic pipes are too slippery and become cold in the winter. Allow 8 to 12 inches of roosting space per chicken along perches and ...

With egg prices skyrocketing due to bird flu outbreaks and supply shortages, many Americans are looking for alternatives.

With egg prices rising, so to is interest in backyard chicken keeping in the Sioux Falls area. “We’ve seen this [uptick in ...

My idea to build a small chicken coop was hatched a year ago when I began to brood over the fowl housing market and became determined that I could build something on my own. My first thought was ...

Chicks and young poultry thrive when it is hot. Newly hatched chickens require temperatures between 90 and 95 degrees during ...

Many people feel down during winter due to ... Place in a small pot and cook following the packet instructions. Then drain and set aside for now. Return the chicken to the soup, add the peas ...

The Boston winter can be notoriously brutal. But if you live here long enough, you start to recalibrate, writes. You think of 40 degrees as balmy. You contemplate an iced macchiato in February. And ...

Living in polarized times makes me feel powerless. But, when I am in the Garfield Community Farm, I get veggies and build ...

Andrea Borsvold is a busy homesteading mama of three who loves God, coffee, sewing and the beauty of nature living in ...

At the Civic Standard, in Hardwick, community building is a kind of performance art, where the usual tales of a fractured ...

The bird flu wiped out another backyard flock in Connecticut: this time in New Haven County. The first flock was in New ...