I’m finally getting backyard chickens! You know what that means, it’s time for another DIY project. No, I’m not using chickens as another excuse to build something new. Backyard chickens provide fresh eggs you can’t buy in a supermarket, valuable chicken manure for the garden (more on chicken poop in future posts), kitchen waste recycling, and companionship. [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STcRpGIMKbA&hl=en&fs=1&] One of my twitter friends @GardenLiving, aka Theresa Loe, recently posted this cute video on Charlotte the Polish Chicken.  Raising urban chickens has been on my mind lately ever since I learned the city will allow three chickens per household.  Wouldn’t it be great to have a couple running around the yard gobbling up [...]