Raising chickens in your backyard has become a trend not just for aspiring farmers, but for anyone wanting to be even a little self-sufficient. There's also something meditative about watching hens ...

The nesting material in our chicken nesting boxes was getting raked out leading to dirty and cracked eggs, so this is how I fixed the problem. Also in this video, I show my latest experiment of trying ...

It's common to see chickens being kept in Australian backyards. They can deposit their eggs in long grass, around sheltered corners or behind mounds of soil — often anywhere except their fancy nesting ...

To that end, you could house your chickens in a basic coop like this. This allows for some fresh air access as well as close quarters that chicken body heat will easily keep warm even in colder months ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carve out a corner or nook and create a cozy reading area by using nesting boxes to house all your books and magazines. Carve out ...

Layer birds resting in the wooden cages. Photo by George Katongole. Rose Akol, a poultry farmer in Kakira has found a new way to reduce labour at her farm by using wooden nesting boxes for her layers.