Late morning sunshine steaming from a wall of south-facing windows transforms a weathered wooden building that sets back a bit from 220th Trail in South Amana. It's bright and white, cozy and warm ...

Raising backyard chickens doesn't have to break the bank. The rising popularity of urban poultry has Iowans searching for the best ways to house their feathered friends. While constructed coops ...

Winter may be a quiet time in many parts of our gardens, but anyone keeping chickens will know that they are still very ...

Having chickens and vegetables in your backyard is great for self-sustainability, but what if I want both in a small space? Seattle-based architect turned-self-starter Traci Fontyn has the solution in ...

The chicken mini-coop can be easily moved around the yard and garden by just one person, so the birds can feed on fresh grass and bugs as much of the year as possible. Build a chicken tractor perfect ...

The following is an excerpt from Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind by Gene Logsdon (Chelsea Green, 2010). In his humorous, anecdotal manifesto, Logsdon imparts how to transform farm, pet and ...

Beyond the neat rows of burgeoning greens, squash, tomatoes and peppers at the Oakwood Community Garden sits a newly built chicken coop with four tan-and-white speckled hens inside. The newly erected ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." So, you built your own chicken coop, or perhaps you converted a cute garden shed that's a ringer for a ...

See what the couple has planned in a new HGTV special Chip and Joanna Gaines are growing green! The Fixer Upper stars are taking a break from helping Waco, Texas, homeowners renovate their dream house ...

A Yishun resident was surprised when he recently discovered that his neighbours were rearing chickens. The man surnamed Chen, who lives in Block 429A in Orchid Spring @ Yishun, told Lianhe Zaobao that ...