Backyard Chickens
By Chris LesleyFounder, Chickens & More It’s hard to boil down all the things there are to know about keeping chickens into just one article or nine facts; caring for another living creature is a complicated and multifaceted undertaking. However, there’s no need to get overwhelmed by all the wealth of information available online about…
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I can say, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that this home tour is the smallest and most unique in Dallas. It’s one of those events that has people saying “Only in East Dallas!” That’s what I love about it, too. If you haven’t already heard, A Peep at The Coops is an annual chicken…
Read MorePerhaps I’m biased because my flock wasn’t featured in the June 2012 D Magazine story by Michelle Saunders, but it feels like East Dallas was a little over-represented. There are plenty more avid chicken keepers in Oak Cliff, specifically in the little nook just north of Ledbetter called Hideaway Valley. That’s where you’ll find Michael Cook, who not only has a flock of heritage hens in his backyard, but keeps — get this — silkworms!
Read MoreCity Chickens have officially gone mainstream. If the idea of building your own coop seems expensive, daunting, and well, impossible, you can now just order one from Williams-Sonoma.
The chicken coops, which are actually chicken tractors because of their mobility, are part of the store’s new agrarian line. And there are beekeeping supplies there, too, as well as some of the flashiest trowels I have ever laid eyes on.
Read MoreClay Stapp & Co. Realtor Alan Shaffer and his partner had heard tons of buzz about backyard chicken keeping making a comeback before they decided to take the plunge. Of course, both Shaffer and his partner, Juan, had grown up with family birds.
“My grandparents, great grandparents, and later our family took over their flock as they got older,” Shaffer said. “Juan also had a flock growing up in Puerto Rico.”
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