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I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Chicken Coop Photos from Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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vicky and her chickenVicky and Buttercup

A big THANK YOU to everyone who has sent in their photographs and stories. I hope by sharing other peoples home and garden pictures and stories here on One Hundred Dollars a Month we can all have a rockin’ backyard this summer. Keep them coming!

Check out these cool chicken coop photos and the stories behind them Vicky from Winston-Salem, North Carolina sent in:

chicken coop picturesHi there, Mavis!

In February of last year, after months of online research, I purchased four 6-week-old Buff Orpington pullets.  Until October, they lived in a Tractor Supply chicken coop and run.  I let them out a couple of times a day, but they were getting a little “cooped up” (nyuk nyuk) in there.  So we bought a Wichita-style chicken coop and everyone is happy.
wooden chicken coop
I live in the city and am allowed a maximum of 5 hens (no roosters) with very strict rules about their living situation (3 square feet/chicken for the coop; 10 square feet/chicken for the run, which must be enclosed).
buff orpington chickens
My girls are Buttercup (I’m holding her in the photo), Marigold, Sunflower, and Daisy.  They are all Buff Orpingtons.  Our winters are generally mild, but even after our recent frigid temperatures (it dropped to 5 degrees!), they have continued to lay regularly.  Such good girls!

chicken coop interior

Check out all the fine art! Who wouldn’t feel inspired to lay a few eggs in here? 😉 ~ Vicky
old licence plate frames

Wow Vicky, I would have never thought to hang photographs of eggs in my coop to inspire my hens. I think you might be on to something.  With all this cold weather we’ve been having, I’m willing to try anything to get my girls to lay a few more eggs.

Thanks for sending in your story,

~Mavis

If you would like to have your garden, chicken coop or something you’ve made featured on One Hundred Dollars a Month, here’s what I’m looking for:

  • Your Garden Pictures and Tips – I’d especially like to see your garden set ups, growing areas, and know if you are starting seeds indoors this year. If so,  show me some picture of how you are going about it.
  • Your Chicken and Chicken Related Stories – Coops, Chicks, Hen’s, Roosters, Eggs, you name it. If it clucks, send us some pictures to share with the world.
  • Cool Arts & Crafts – Made from your very own hands with detailed {and well photographed} pictures and instructions.
  • Your pictures and stories about your pets. The more pictures and details the better.
  • Garage Sale, Thrift Store and Dumpster Diving pictures and the stories behind the treasures you found including how much you paid for them.

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Comments

  1. Vicky has some very beautiful chickens! I love all her attention to detail. I was wanting to make a banner for my coop but couldn’t figure out what material to use. Now it’s obvious. Chicken print! Loving the photo wall art as well. Vicky may have started a new trend.

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    • My sister bought a book of chicken and egg photos, which turned out to be a folder of prints. She framed them with inexpensive (dollar store) frames and sold a few at a local chicken swap. These were left over and all featured eggs. We chuckled as we put them on the walls of the coop. I’ll try to get a photo with the girls in there, perusing their art!

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    • No, I didn’t build it, but I love it! I had purchased plans for something similar, but then we saw this just-built coop on Craig’s List and saved a lot of time (and probably money, too) by purchasing it. It’s very heavy-duty. I added a floor of 1/2″ hardware cloth, screwed to the inside (screws and big washers), covered with sand, so that predators cannot dig under. If you search for the “Wichita” style, you’ll find many options online.

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