Brad reviews the excitement and challenges of his first year as a chicken-keeper... including molting, rooster aggression, predator problems and winterizing the coop and run.

Brad goes to camp — Coop Camp™ that is — a weekend workshop for chicken-keepers from across the country.
Meet the campers and chicken experts and enjoy the fun and education right along with those who were there. Enjoy
Coop Camp antics like the coop building race and door prizes. It’s an episode ...

Brad decides to expand his flock by hatching some eggs from his own chickens.... It’s Day 21 on the incubation
calendar ... but Brad unexpectedly encounters a string of obstacles that put a successful hatch in jeopardy. Will he
overcome the emergencies and have a brooder full of chicks?

Brad’s chicks move to the brooder where Brad learns the heavy workload that comes with keeping a hatch healthy
and happy when raising them indoors during the winter... and the emotional attachment of raising chicks from your
own eggs

Recognizing the emotional attachment and calming quality of being around chickens, Brad begins a program called
Coops for Troops™ which provides chickens, coops and supplies for veterans and military families. We meet the
Gibbs ... the very first recipients of a Coops for Troops package... and th...

Brad invites Rent The Chicken to the farm to learn more about their risk-free program for helping people get started
raising backyard chickens. He also has an organic expert out to the farm to help him prepare his garden for planting.
The project is almost derailed due to equipment problems... bu...

Brad finishes planting his spring garden prior to leaving for Texas to pick out his “last” coop... big enough for 20
chickens. While there, he learns about chickens and ducks — and gets to participate in the design and prototype
build of a new duck coop

Brad takes on the big job of assembling his brand new coop.... hoping to be able to finish it in one day. He also
learns how to play chicken bingo and decides to bring in an expert to help him work with Edward...his aggressive
rooster.

A rooster expert comes to the farm to offer suggestions on how to rehab Brad’s aggressive rooster Edward. While
working with Edward, the two find and treat some injuries on Edward. Also in this episode, Brad continues to tend his
garden, begins planning to get some goats for the farm and mourns t...

In the final episode of the season, Brad loses his beloved rooster to a predator... causes an uproar when he comes
home with two goats in the back of the truck... and tries some enrichment activities with the flock. In addition, we
meet the Trosts — the second Coops for Troops™ recipients