Lorain and Mansfield city leaders have recently mulled ordinances to allow residents to own chickens on residential lots, joining other Ohio cities. Lakewood resident April Stoltz happily watched as ...

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.

Eleven million households across the U.S. now own backyard chickens, according to the American Pet Products Association. Many of them are renting chickens as a workaround to an egg shortage and higher ...

THEIR FILL. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY NOT TO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY ON EGGS IN THE GROCERY STORE, THIS IS CERTAINLY AN OPTION FOR YOU. YOU CAN ACTUALLY RENT THE CHICKEN 2 TO 4 CHICKENS, AND THEN GET ...

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, ...