Josie Calloway started with four chicks in a stock tank and a Pinterest board full of coop dreams she couldn’t afford. She writes about real-world chicken keeping at Feather & Flock — budget builds, honest product tests, and every mistake she’s already made so you don’t have to.

Every post comes with a receipt: what she tried, what it actually cost, and what happened next. She’ll laugh at her own bad decisions all day long — but never at the animals, and never at yours.

If there’s a cheaper way that still works, she’s already found it.

“I spent $40 on a ‘raccoon-proof’ latch and my dumbest hen defeated it before lunch. Here’s the $6 setup that has now survived two summers and one very motivated possum.”