Raising chickens in your backyard has become a trend not just for aspiring farmers, but for anyone wanting to be even a little self-sufficient. There's also something meditative about watching hens ...

When Bay Area designers Kevin McElroy and Matthew Wolpe of Just Fine Design/Build unveiled their mod chicken coop Chick-in-a-Box at a 2010 Maker Faire, they thought they were on to something. Chickens ...

Perched above the ivy that grows behind Matthew Wolpe's North Oakland home sits a tree house in miniature. With large glass windows, an aluminum truss roof and a spiral staircase leading up to a ...

With egg prices skyrocketing, more and more people are thinking about getting their own chickens. In fact, a recent study by Eden Emerald Buyers Agents found that searches for chicken coop plans on ...

Which came first: The chicken or the egg farmer? Though once upon a time chickens were relegated to the countryside, the urban backyard chicken enthusiast is becoming increasingly common. And though ...

More than 13 million homeowners raise backyard chickens, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and that number is expected to grow over the next several years. You can rear chickens in ...

The price of eggs keeps going up; if you enjoy a fresh omelette or scramble, you may be considering getting your own chickens. Before you do, you will want to have a good coop, which will help keep ...

Sometimes a garden tour surprises us. We expect to see picture-postcard-pretty perennial borders, landscapes studded with sculptures, raised beds flush with vegetables. But the recent tour sponsored ...