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By: Honor Roll | Making it Lovely

Honor Roll | Making it Lovely — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:23:31 +0000

[...] still like the idea of owning chickens. Especially when I see a beautiful coop like this one. Plus I know how to hard-boil an egg now! Yay [...]

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:53:26 +0000

I love the #3 modern one. It looks like it came from Ikea. Our neighbor has a shed load of chickens and one of them has mainly become our pet, i may have to invest in that coop for him :)

By: Balancing Everything » Gardening woes & chickens

Balancing Everything » Gardening woes & chickens — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:31:10 +0000

[...] keeping chickens has become somewhat trendy, who knew? My parents usually keep around 30 birds and eventually we’d like to get some [...]

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 21 May 2010 21:16:35 +0000

We live in the country and have kept chickens for years. Remember, they are very social with each other and they always prefer sleeping on a roost as opposed to the ground. And hens prefer to lay in a nest, not on the ground. And they absolutely must be secured at night. You would be surprised at the prowlers roaming your neighborhood at night that find chickens very tasty.

Ours are outdoors year round. Though it is not quite as cold in Texas as in Illinois, I would still not keep them in your garage over the winter. Some breeds are more winter-hardy than others. Check into those breeds. If they have an area that is partially covered and out of the north wind they should be okay. Have you visited any local farms to see how others in your area are raising chickens? You can check out the Cackle Hatchery in Missouri and Murray McMurray, which may be in Illinois. Best wishes! Chickens are lots of fun. Bantams are really great!

By: Making it Lovely | Transforming the so-so. » Blog Archive » Roof :: Coop

Fri, 21 May 2010 16:03:45 +0000

[...] the chicken coop? I’m still keen on the idea, but Brandon is most definitely not. Therefore we will not be [...]

By: Erin R.

Erin R. — Thu, 20 May 2010 03:41:20 +0000

When I was in middle school, we had a couple of chickens (we lived in the suburbs). Keeping them was easy, but as we were kids and it was our responsibility to feed them in the morning (and like Chicago, Michigan is cold in the winter) we grew tired of it and gave them back to our friends from whom we got them. Since you aren’t a kid though and have a more realistic idea of what you’re getting into, I say go for it. If I didn’t have two large dogs who would greatly desire to have said chickens for a tasty snack, I would definitely do it.

By: jenny V.

jenny V. — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:02:17 +0000

Yes~ We live in Seattle and and at least three neighbors on our block have chickens! You can definitely make it work in an urban area and I have to say, the chickens have become part of my morning that I look forward to hearing – just as much as the boats!

By: Fiona

Fiona — Thu, 13 May 2010 10:12:04 +0000

My aunt in a suburb of Sydney, Australia had them when we were growing up, but she had a really large yard, and quite a large fenced area they stayed in. Every once in a while, a cat or other animal would get in somehow, and it wasn’t pretty, so keep that in mind.

By: Mackenzie Farmer

Mackenzie Farmer — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:11:40 +0000

I have two chickens. I enjoy collecting the eggs. They each lay an egg a day. I painted my chicken coop petal pink and I painted chickens all over the coop. I painted the word chicken all over the rungs of the ladder. You can check out my coop on my blog post at http://www.mackenzien@edublogs.org. My chickens are named Buttertwist and Coconut. Coconut flies out of the pen so we will have to trim her wings. I think you will enjoy having chickens.

By: Shandra Lenae

Shandra Lenae — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:00:36 +0000

Check out coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com. Jenna has created a blog just for homesteading starting from a small scale. I found her by checking out her book ‘Made From Scrath’ which has a detailed chapter about her trials and successes of raising a few chickens.