What to plant near chicken coop

I found an idea on the web for growing grass inside the chicken run without letting the chickens eat it all or scratch it up. I thought it was so cool...

When we built our chicken coop addition this spring, I was excited to also have them build me a raised garden bed underneath the windows. My plan for this was twofold: grow herbs and flowers that t…

When designing a chicken-friendly garden around your chicken coop, it's important to choose plants that are safe and beneficial for chickens. Chickens can be quite destructive to plants because they scratch, peck, and sometimes eat them. However, some plants can provide chickens with shade, entertainment, and a nutritious supplement to their diet. Visit our blog for safe plants around your chicken coop.

I love chickens! And I love plants! But how do you successfully combine the two? No one wants to spend time and money at a nursery only to have their backyard flock consume everything, but we also don’t want our chickens to be in an ugly dirt wasteland (or even worse, get poisoned). In this […]

Brooke and Steve Giannetti built the backyard chicken coop of their dreams, and now they're sharing their tips on how to build a chicken coop in your own backyard.

Sharing almost a decade of chicken keeping information to help you design a better chicken coop for your backyard flock and avoid the common pitfalls.

A continuation of a previous post about making homemade chicken feed.

My journey in creating my chicken run. The best way to do that is by growing plants in your chicken run. Plants in your run can be beneficial as well as more aesthetically + aromatic pleasing.

In this article, I'm sharing a few of the odd planting methods I use to keep plants growing in, around, and over my chicken coop. Growing the chicken-friendly plants, flowers, and shrubs in my chicken run prevents erosion, promotes flock health, and provides supplemental feed.