Wednesday, May 18, 2011

chicken coop mania

it seems all the urban folks are raising backyard chickens these days.  and why not?  you have a low-maintenance, pseudo pet that produces eggs every day.  and, you get to build a cool chicken coop in your backyard.

my friends greg and lorraine have a beautiful coop and three two lovely chickens, penelope and lulu.  (regina died recently in a tragic accident.  r.i.p. regina)  the chickens have been surprisingly entertaining. we used to go over at sundown and watch their predictable bedtime routine.  the coop was built with leftover materials from their house and fits into their backyard nicely.





other great chicken coops from around the web...

from houzz.com
from moderncoops.com

from jetsongreen.com
do any of you raise chickens?  we'd love to hear about them! 

2 comments:

  1. Don't forget, this Saturday is the "Henside the Beltline Tour D'Coop" in Raleigh. You can check out some really cool backyard coops that day.

    http://tourdcoop.com/

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  2. My mom has chickens in her garden. There were two when we visited her in Indonesia and each day the hen laid a brown egg. The hen died from a mongoose attack.

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