In fact, even free range chickens should have a coop to return to at the end of the night. The most important things are to keep it dry, warm and easy to clean.

Your best option would be to let them free-range only when you are outside keeping an eye on them. This way you will be able to hear any danger should it arise. Hopefully, you are more prepared now ...

Chickens have flown the coop and moved into the backyard.Kate Richards and her husband, Jonathon Ragsdale, don’t mind at all. In fact, they bought their 108-year-old Sierra Madre farmhouse w… ...

With more municipalities - including Milwaukee - allowing home chicken-raising, backyard coops are thriving. ... We let the chickens free range and they go all over the yard.

The summer months can be a struggle for backyard birds and their caretakers, but understanding how to keep them cool during a ...

Other manufacturers make large-scale chicken tractors that accommodate 600 chickens. Whether small-scale, like Egg Cart’n’s, or large scale, this method allows chickens to be moved to new ...

ALBANY, Minn. — As the sun rises at Emmerich’s Produce and Pumpkins farm, about 100 chickens exit their coop. They are free to roam the yard for the rest of daylight. “I know that I have ...