CLEVELAND, Ohio -- According to the USDA, Alphainfluenzavirus influenzae, or bird flu, has eradicated more than 13 million chickens nationwide in the past 30 days—and more than 3 million of those are ...
SAN ANTONIO — Lots of people are squawking about the high price of eggs and many are considering raising backyard chickens as a way to save money, but does that work? Chicken fanciers say there are ...
NEW YORK — Thinking about backyard chickens as egg prices soar? Think hard, especially in light of the bird flu outbreak. Keeping home chickens as a pastime has continued to grow since the pandemic.
H5N1 headlines are unsettling for anyone who collects eggs from a coop instead of a carton, but they are also a practical ...
I’ll admit, I jumped on the backyard chicken raising wagon last year. I probably would not have done so if I had joined all the backyard chicken raising groups beforehand. There’s, apparently, a lot ...
SAN ANTONIO – Bill Estes, owner of Locke Hill Feed, Pet & Lawn Supply, can’t keep chickens stocked these days because they’re flying off the store shelves. “We are selling so many chickens right now.
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT IT. CHICKEN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND YOU’LL SEE THEM, AND IT’S LIKE, I NEED TO HAVE THOSE OTHER PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND IT. GREG HOUSE HAS OWNED BACKYARD CHICKENS FOR DECADES. IT ...
When the price of eggs seesawed up and down, more people opted to buy chickens for their backyard and to make it an easier option: They rented them. When egg prices surged to record highs this year, ...