You Can Huff and Puff But Won't Blow These Houses Down

For those of us (with enough space) considering backyard chickens or looking for a cheap easy way to build a coop, Small Farm Today published an article recently about how to build a straw bale chicken house. These are probably not for the urban farmer, but look pretty easy to set up. Article author Ron Macher swears by the sturdiness of the coops…something I can completely buy considering we have friends in New Mexico who built their house out of straw bales. Macher says he has coops that are seven years old and expects they will last at least 10 years.