I just opened the barrier from the chicken coop to their nesting boxes because they might begin to lay eggs in several weeks…

I was going to add the nesting box on the inside of the chicken coop. But I changed my mind and built one to hang on the outside instead.

More on my chicken coop / chicken run build. They’re all moved in now, and they seem to love it. They better! Here’s a bunch of pictures…

How I installed a dropping board in my chicken coop, to make life a little easier while dealing with cleaning up their poop.

Do I need chicken coop insulation? I think so… It gets wicked cold up here and I’ll feel bad for them otherwise. So here’s what I did.

Umm, did you know that little chickens can fly? (sort of). Well I found that out the other day, and had to scramble for a solution!

We recently picked up 7 chicks with the intent of raising them for egg laying production for our household. Would you like to follow along?

Guest post: by Robert Rowe, a contributing author to multiple prepper/survivalist sites and forums. Not long ago, and after much…