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 ...

Having chickens and vegetables in your backyard is great for self-sustainability, but what if I want both in a small space? Seattle-based architect turned-self-starter Traci Fontyn has the solution in ...

Branded is a weekly column devoted to the intersection of marketing, business, design, and culture. If you made a list of things that need to be redesigned and updated for the smart-tech era, it might ...

When I convinced my boyfriend we needed chickens about six months ago, I thought building a coop would be easy and relatively cheap. While I adore our now-complete henhouse, it ended up costing about ...

About five years ago, Jessamy Miller found herself in need of a new coop to house her five chickens. The pre-fabricated, cottage-style coop she'd been using as a stopgap for the previous few years ...

Building a basic chicken coop for a small flock of birds is a solid weekend project for the determined do-it-yourselfer with basic carpentry skills, while the more elaborate coops could easily take ...

Chickens rock. There’s just no getting around it: they’re great animals to have around the homestead for food, garden management, compost and entertainment. Seriously, watching Chicken TV is a great ...