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Look! Homemade Backyard Chicken Coop

We're not handy enough to ever harbor hopes of building a chicken coop this adorable ... not in our wildest dreams. But that doesn't mean we can't appreciate Beth and Craig's amazing homemade coop. Di...

The Return of the Backyard Chicken
The New Yorker

We've had our own obsession with chickens on Re-Nest, and we found this week's New Yorker article on the resurgence of chicken keeping completely in line with our thinking on the matter. The author,...

Urban Homesteaders: The New Normal?
Popular Mechanics

There are all sorts of levels of urban homesteading. We'd argue that if you grow your own tomatoes and can the extras for winter, you're a bit of a homesteader. But then there are the more dedicated/e...

Green Obsession (Still!): Chicken Coops by Urban Hens

Yes, we're still obsessed with chickens. If anything, ever since our neighbors got a chicken, the obsession has gotten worse. We hear it clucking every time we walk out to our car. We want one (or two...

Green Obsession: Chicken Gallery
Los Angeles Times

We've admitted this before: Even though we see no real possibility of having our own chickens in the near future, we're still obsessed by the idea. We love chickens. There, we said it. We also love he...

Welcome: Spring Is Here

It's finally spring, and we couldn't be more thrilled. March (aka bathroom month) is coming to a close, but some fun things are happening ......

Urban Agriculture: Raising Chickens in New York City

We missed the lectures that Owen Taylor, city farms training and livestock coordinator at Just Food, has been giving about raising chickens in NYC. Twice, actually. But we had to know more about these...

The Chicken or the Egg: Do You Have an Urban Coop?

We'd love to chat with those of you who keep chickens (or other livestock) in an urban or suburban area. What's it like? What are the challenges? Are the fresh eggs immeasurably better than the one...