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Rabbit hutch!?

Ok, a couple tips for you:

You can buy a mat at a pet store that you can put on the bottom of your rabbit’s cage (or just get a sheet of pine plywood) and that will protect the bunnie’s feet from sore hocks (sores from too much rubbing on the wire)

With the temperatures in Arizona, (If you have it outside, or you air conditioning is kaput.) you will want to 1. Replenish bunnie’s water …

Resources for Backyard Chickens

Volume 13 of MAKE Magazine has hit the newstands, and it includes an article I wrote about raising backyard laying hens, Backyard Hens…that link takes you directly to the article in the MAKE Digital Edition – read it online!

Here’s some additional resources and links to supplement the article.

Equipment and Supplies (including coops)

California Wine Country Chicken Chat – and …

Chicken House Plans

Chicken House Plans: What You Should Take Into Consideration

You want to have chickens, don’t you? Of course, you want to have happy chickens and you know what they say – a happy chicken is a healthy chicken. In order to have this, you will need to have the right chicken house plans. Have you ever thought of building your own house for the chickens? Really, it is not going to take …

Chicken Coop For Sale – To Be, Or Not To Be?

Hi everyone, I’m back after a few weeks of much research and progress in my search for a chicken coop for sale. In my last post I had mentioned that finding a coop for sale wasn’t exactly the easiest endeavor. In short, I have come to the conclusion that building my own chicken house was the best way to go! I’ll get into more detail about why I went that route in just a second.

If …

California Proposition 2 (2008)

From Ballotpedia This article is about a 2008 ballot proposition in California. For other measures with a similar title, see Proposition 2.Proposition 2, or the Standards for Confining Farm Animals [1] , was on the November 4, 2008 ballot in California, where it passed with 63.5% of the vote.

Prop 2 created a new state statute that prohibits the confinement of farm animals in a manner that …

Advertising Rules and Regulations: Marketing Florida Agriculture

Florida Market Bulletin classified ads are posted online each month by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Through these ads, the Market Bulletin provides a forum for Florida residents to buy and sell agriculturally related items while also giving widespread exposure to small farmers who might not normally have the economic resources for such widespread advertising. The …

Back Garden Chicken Keeping

Ex-battery hens and Silkie enjoying a new life scratching in the back yard. You can see these chickens in our videos – Backyard Chicken Keeping Tips.

There are few hobbies as rewarding as keeping some laying hens in the back garden. Not only do they amuse you with their antics, their gentle clucking is really quite therapeutic as well. And that’s before you even …

Small Barn Plans – Passive Solar – Egg Laying Chickens

Barn Construction

The design and construction of our passive solar barn has many of the same features as our passive solar greenhouse. It is stick-frame construction and will be insulated with blown cellulose (hopefully before winter hits). There are three double-pane windows and 2 doors that provide ample ventilation when open. The interior is painted with white exterior house paint in order …

Chicken Coop Building Instructions by Dennis Harison

The four wall panels are first assembled on a flat surface. Wood framing is cedar deckboards ripped in two. The vertical studs for the walls measure 5′. The frames are attached with triangular 1/4″ plywood gussets.

The two wall gable ends are built from 3/8″ rough sawn fir siding (4′ x 8′ sheets) attached to the cedar framing. I used an 8/12 pitch for the roof. The wire (Galvanized …

Chicken Coop Free Plans

Nowadays, pursuit of health has become an unshakable faith. Healthy diet is certainly a key part in a healthy life style, which means you need to eat the right food. So it is not a surprise if you want to keep away from buying eggs full of antibiotics and to build your own chicken coop.

Have a flock in your backyard, try a little villeggiatura and enjoy green and safe eggs everyday, isn’t it …