Recent egg shortages and the high price of eggs have some people wondering if the cost of raising backyard chickens might be ...

High egg prices have prompted people to rely less on the grocery stores and instead be more self-sufficient by raising chickens to lay their own eggs at home.

People are flocking to backyard chickens this year, in part due to the sky-high cost of eggs at the grocery store. Some first ...

The bird flu outbreak has killed millions of egg-laying hens, reducing the egg supply across the country. This has caused egg ...

He’s fond of all of them. “A chicken will lay eggs for about five years,” he said. “Get three or four of them and enjoy it.” Towns that do and don’t allow chickens The following lists ...

On the shelves in Springfield, you could pay $8.53 for a dozen jumbo eggs. Avian flu has forced farmers to slaughter more than 166 million birds, mostly egg-laying chickens. More than 30 million ...

As grocery prices go up, more people in Georgia are looking into raising their own chickens. But it may be harder (and more ...

As egg prices continue to rise across the U.S., many are turning to other alternatives. One woman is selling fresh chicken ...

"Not only can they infect the birds with disease, chickens need a clean space where they will be comfortable laying eggs — preferably a nest in a more secluded and slightly darker area." ...

when resident Joseph Mangiameli filed a petition with the council that proposed allowing residents to raise chickens “for the sole purpose of laying eggs.” Among other reasons, Mangiameli ...

“Then we got lucky because as soon as they started laying this past year is when the egg prices went up,” Murgo said. “Now, he’s like, ‘Oh, I love chickens! Let’s go get more.’ ...

These chickens have lived in Hitt’s backyard in St. Louis since early April. She and her family have enjoyed the pale blue eggs the hens lay. And her three young kids are having fun with the birds.