Roost & Root
Roost & Root (formerly known as Urban Coop Company) is an American backyard-product manufacturing company based in Dripping Springs, Texas. Founded in 2013 by Montie and Dyan Twining, the company began by offering a single model of chicken coop to local Texas residents [1].
Roost & Root designs and manufactures high-quality, USA-made outdoor structures, built primarily from Western Red Cedar and other durable materials. Its product line includes chicken coops, greenhouses, raised garden beds, and the GrubCone™ composting system[2]. All products are designed and produced in-house using traditional woodworking techniques.
Since selling its first coop in 2013, Roost & Root has expanded to offer more than ten chicken coop models, four greenhouse designs, and plans to launch an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) line. The company reports that its products are in use in all 50 U.S. states, with over 10,000 backyard structures sold [3].
Media Coverage
Roost & Root (formerly Urban Coop Company) has received coverage in design, lifestyle, and product guide publications:
Article Mentions
- Los Angeles Times included the company’s Urban Coop structure in an article on high-end designer chicken coops, noting a walk-in cedar coop from Urban Coop priced around $4,700. [4]
- Tribeza, a lifestyle and design magazine in Austin, included Roost & Root in its “10 Unique Items To Keep Your Backyard Cool This Fall” guide, highlighting its appeal as a distinctive backyard accessory. [5]
- MaryJanesFarm published a multi-page feature on Roost & Root, describing the company’s coop designs, ventilation strategies, and how they balance aesthetics with poultry comfort. [6]
- The Wall Street Journal listed Roost & Root among several prefabricated chicken coop options in a lifestyle article exploring stylish and design-oriented coop models. [7]
- The Spruce named the Roost & Root Round-Top Stand-Up Chicken Coop its “Best Walk-In” pick in a guide to top chicken coops, citing its full-size door, customization options, and capacity to comfortably house up to six chickens. [8]
Podcast Appearances
- On March 8, 2022, Roost & Root co-founder Dyan Twining appeared on Coffee with the Chicken Ladies in an episode titled “Rhode Island White Chicken / Dyan of Roost & Root Coops,” where she discussed heritage breeds and the philosophy behind her coop designs. [9]
- The company was also profiled on How I Built This produced by NPR in a video posted on Facebook featuring the podcast interview, with Dyan Twining sharing the origin story of Urban Coop Company (now Roost & Root) and how the business evolved. [10]
References
- ↑ "Roost & Root Timeline". Roost & Root. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ↑ "Shop". Roost & Root. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ↑ "Roost & Root® Orders Zip Code Map". Google My Maps. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ↑ X; Email; Bluesky (2019-09-26). "Designer chicken coops: From chandeliers to AC, how some L.A. owners pamper their pets". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ↑ Cowart, Holly (2021-10-11). "10 Unique Items To Keep Your Backyard Cool This Fall". Tribeza. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ↑ Eckel, Ardis (Apr–May 2014). "Backyard Chicken Ranching". MaryJanesFarm: 37–40.
- ↑ Tortorello, Michael (2017-04-28). "5 Pre-Fab Chicken Coops That Aren't for the Birds". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ↑ "Enjoy Eggs Every Day With Our Favorite Chicken Coops". The Spruce. Retrieved 2025-10-07.
- ↑ Episode 67 Rhode Island White Chicken / Dyan of Roost and Root Coops / Classic Coffee Cake / Haiti Joe Coffee - Coffee with the Chicken Ladies. 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2025-10-07 – via www.buzzsprout.com.
- ↑ 4.1K views · 19 reactions | In this week's "How You Built That": Urban Coop Company A few years ago, Dyan Twining of Dripping Springs, Texas decided her current chicken coop just wasn't meeting her standards. She kept a few chickens for eggs, and every time she would go to tend to them, the coop felt clunky—the door didn't open easily, the feeder and waterer were hard to access, and the design just felt "ugly." So she and her husband Montie set out to build a better chicken coop. He's a professional builder, so he made one out of cedar with a rounded roof and cleaner lines. At the outset, they put 20 coops on Craigslist and sold out in the first week. Now, Urban Coop Company ships coops all over the U.S. to city-dwellers who raise chickens in their back yards and balconies. Check out Dyan's story in our most recent episode: http://n.pr/2cm6jN6 | How I Built This. Retrieved 2025-10-07 – via www.facebook.com. External link in
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