Raising backyard chickens has been a really rewarding – and surprising – experience but, after a year or so of keeping chickens, I’ve also amassed quite a few sad chicken stories. I was so lucky in the beginning: we didn’t lose any of the first batch of chicks in transit…
View PostToday I’m taking part in a Seasonal Simplicity Summer Tour series! That means you can check out my summer home tour and then scroll down and find links to other summer home tours too. You will find summer decorating inspiration for days (literally – this hop has been running all…
View PostI’ve had backyard chickens for a year and the number one question I’m asked is: how much work are chickens? People want to know if it’s worth it to raise chickens, both financially and considering the time required to keep backyard chickens. So I’ll share my very, very honest answers…
View PostI waited to share this post, about keeping chickens warm in extreme cold weather, until winter was technically over. I didn’t want to jinx it, and was worried that the second I’d start typing up a “how-to,” I’d lose a beloved chicken to cold. We also spent a lot of…
View PostI wanted to make a DIY egg wreath for the chicken coop (x 3, because I love how the DIY paneled door looks with three wreaths) and I found a simple way – but I still made a couple of funny little mistakes along the way. Here are my three…
View PostI have gotten so many questions about how we built our DIY modern chicken coop, so I put together this post to chronicle the building process – but note that our chicken coop and run built on a hill meant a few different steps and a slightly irregular finished product. …
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