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 ...

Backyard chicken coops are popping up everywhere! If the idea of raising chickens has piqued your interest, but the thought of building your own chicken coop seems overwhelming or too expensive, ...

With egg prices skyrocketing, more and more people are thinking about getting their own chickens. In fact, a recent study by Eden Emerald Buyers Agents found that searches for chicken coop plans on ...

Perched above the ivy that grows behind Matthew Wolpe's North Oakland home sits a tree house in miniature. With large glass windows, an aluminum truss roof and a spiral staircase leading up to a ...

More than 13 million homeowners raise backyard chickens, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and that number is expected to grow over the next several years. You can rear chickens in ...

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 ...

Sometimes a garden tour surprises us. We expect to see picture-postcard-pretty perennial borders, landscapes studded with sculptures, raised beds flush with vegetables. But the recent tour sponsored ...