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1920’s Chicken Coop: Interior View
Since my post a few months ago showing the exterior of my restored 1920’s chicken coop, I’ve received several comments requesting a look at the interior of my coop. The interior is a bit less charming...
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How I Convince a Broody Hen to Adopt Hatchery Chicks
How I Convince a Broody Hen to Adopt Hatchery Chicks: If you’ve ever fussed with heat lamps, cold drafts, warm days risking overheating, and tiny baby chicks in a brooder, you know how frustrating the...
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Hawk Hill’s Collapsible Chicken Tractor Panels
I raised 35 meat birds this spring and in order to keep things civil in the coop, I decided to construct a small chicken tractor. I had just a few basic goals for my coop: Movable by 1 person Fold...
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Chicken Grazing Boxes
At any given time, I keep 5-10 hens at Hawk Hill. Often times they free range during the day, but with dogs and a somewhat urban backyard, they spend many days confined to their 80 year old coop and...
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Hawk Hill’s Restored 1920’s Chicken Coop
Last Updated: Oct 19, 2016 @ 8:34 pm To be fair, I’m not actually sure how old this coop is. Hawk Hill was built in the early 1920’s and I suspect this coop and the original horse barn were built at...
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Coop Friendly Plants to Plant in your Chicken Run for Shade and Forage
My chickens enjoy a large outdoor run behind my 100 year old Chicken Coop, and over 7 years of chicken-keeping, I experimented with various methods of landscaping in and around the coop in order to...
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How to: Build Your Own 2-Week Chicken Feeder
Necessity is the mother of invention- and in this case, a need to not frequently handle feed bags (due to a dust allergy) inspired the creation of this multiple-week feeder. The basic design of this...
View ArticleHow I Move a Broody Hen without Disrupting her Brooding
Hatching chicks, or letting a broody hen raise a batch of hatchery chicks, is a fun way to experience a less popular side of modern chicken keeping. Watching a line of chicks trail behind a mama hen as...
View ArticleChicken Coop Upgrade: Astroturf Lined Nesting Boxes
The Problem: Broken Eggs: When chatting up the benefits of keeping chickens, few mention the battle to keep clean, soft nesting material in a nesting box with hens that are constantly “rearranging”...
View ArticleIs Raising Chickens for Meat Profitable? My Cost Breakdown
A few years ago I raised a flock of meat birds. I accompanied these birds from brooder to butcher and along the way, I shared with readers how I made a collapsable chicken tractor, how I got a broody...
View ArticleBringing Christmas Charm to your Chicken Coop
When we decorate for Christmas, we usually just decorate typical things: putting up a Christmas tree, placing a wreath on the door, and perhaps putting outdoor lights on our house. But the chicken...
View ArticleHow to Winterize your Chicken Coop and Keep Hens Laying all Winter
You’ll find chickens just about everywhere on the planet. Chickens are hardy birds that adapt well to a wide range of temperatures if given the resources needed to keep themselves warm. In this article...
View ArticleAdding Reach-Through Nesting Boxes to a Vintage Chicken Coop
Nesting boxes are a recent addition to my vintage 1920’s era chicken coop. Tired of retrieving eggs from plastic-totes-turned-nesting-boxes (that had a tendency to migrate across the floor of the...
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