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Summer is here with a vengeance, and many parts of the country are experiencing record high temperatures and intense dry spells. While you may be able to retreat into an air conditioned home to cool down after doing yard work, your chickens are not as lucky. Keeping them cool is incredibly important during the summer months. Today, we’ll take a look at a few ways you can transform your yard into a chicken coop paradise.

It seems like there are a never-ending supply of myths about keeping backyard chickens. If you’re thinking about setting up a chicken coop, you’ve probably already heard a good number of them. Today, we’ll take a look at 5 of the common myths about chicken keeping, so you’ll know how to respond the next time someone questions your chicken coop.

Sadly, not everyone is fortunate enough to have livestock right outside their front door, but more and more people are starting to invest in backyard chicken coops, creating their own urban farming paradise right in the heart of the city.

Keeping your chickens safe is one of our top priorities at Coop Tender. That’s why we put so much effort into designing an auto chicken door, built to keep your chickens in and the predators out. If you’re like us, you let your chickens roam the yard during the day. While this does wonders for their morale, it places them at risk to predators. Here are a few tips to keep your chickens safe outside the coop.

Raising chickens is a rewarding and fulfilling activity. As a first-time chicken owner, you will likely make a few mistakes along the way. We’ve put together a few tips to help you transition from first-time chicken owner to successful chicken coop manager.

We believe that every animal should be able to live a happy, healthy life and our feathered friends are no different. Here’s a bit of background on Certified Humane.

While it may not be practical to keep cows, goats, and other large animals in your backyard, adding a chicken coop can be a simple way to introduce your family to urban farming.

If you’ve purchased eggs recently, you’ve likely noticed an increase in options available at the supermarket. The differences between organic, free-range, and cage-free chickens can be difficult to understand with the limited amount of information available on the egg cartons. Today, we’ll examine those terms to help you better understand the ways chickens are raised before their eggs make it to the market.

While many residential areas won’t have to worry about predation from coyotes, snakes, and foxes, urban farms face their own set of challenges. Raccoons, in particular, pose a significant risk to you

If you are new to the chicken world, welcome! You’ll soon find that a chicken coop automatic door is the best way to ensure your hens are safe and secure while making your life easier.

Since the introduction of Coop Tender Automatic Chicken Coop Door in 2014, we continue to improve our product.  We listened to our customers and through research, design and engineering, are now offering our next generation of automatic doors for chicken coops.

Most commercial product manufacturers today are required to generate profits for their investors.  Under this scenario, it is impossible to provide a product which does not become obsolete almost immediately (planned obsolescence).  The manufacturing process itself is often non-sustainable in these scenarios.

A major considerations when selecting an auto chicken door is the mechanical process used to open and close the door.