Chicken runs

Chickens are a very Vashon thing. So many people here have their own flocks–I know of at least four flocks all within a rooster’s crow of our house. We’ve been working on adding s…

You can make your own chicken run out of dirt-cheap materials, some of which are probably lying around your back yard right now. Photos and videos included.

Walk through how we built our new chicken run step by step to keep our chickens safe from predators during the day.

What are the top pros and cons of chicken ‘chunnels’? Given that space for keeping chickens is a premium in the suburbs, I recommend

If you're thinking of raising some backyard chickens, consider building your own chicken coop. A quick Internet search will reveal several plans, from easy to intricate. Here are 14 charming backyard chicken coops that will inspire you to get started.

A recycled pallet chicken run is a good way to create more space for your hens to peck. This easy chicken coop extension is a cheap & easy DIY pallet fence.

Are you tired of muddy eggs, messy coop floors and slippery chicken run? Here are helpful tips and solutions to cleaning up your coop to stop a muddy chicken run and have clean chickens on your homestead or your backyard chickens.

Part of my plans for the yard this year included adding flowers around the new chicken yard. I placed cinderblocks around both sides of the yard so I’d have a built in row of planting spots …

Hi everyone! Reading here, I see we all have predator issues, which vary greatly depending on where we live. I'm in Southeast MI(60 miles N of Detroit) in...

We stumbled on one of the best chicken run ideas ever! Learn about how much fun we had with our our accidental discovery.