Chick-in-a-Box, however, was the catalyst for something else: a fun DIY book, “Reinventing the Chicken Coop,” published this month by Storey. It shows readers how to design and build chicken ...

Anyone with a small, protected yard can get started with this 3-by-4-foot chicken coop, which is moderately easy to build as a do-it-yourself project. It features nesting boxes for the laying hens ...