The short answer is, no, it's not automatically cheaper to raise chickens than buy eggs, especially considering the ...

From the countryside to Hollywood, backyard farming is the new “it” thing. You might picture A-listers on private jets and in ...

NEW YORK — Thinking about backyard chickens as egg prices soar? Think hard, especially in light of the bird flu outbreak.

Jennifer Johnson wants to raise chickens – a dream she's had for nearly a decade. Still, it took until early February, after a dramatic spike in egg prices, for Johnson to convince her husband to say ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Backyards have gone to the birds! With everyone from Jennifer Garner to Carrie Underwood flocking to the ...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) – With the rising costs of eggs and other poultry products, as well as a growing concern about a nation-wide outbreak of bird flu, the idea of raising chickens at home can be ...

(NewsNation) — Egg prices are skyrocketing to the point that some Americans are taking matters into their own hands and raising chickens in their backyard. Tommy Lane, a Staten Island, New York, ...

Carol Lewis has no regrets about how she voted on the chicken issue. As a longtime member of the St. Cloud, Minn., city council, she’d heard all the arguments. At a December meeting, locals argued ...

MCLEANSVILLE, N.C. — At Fine Feathered Friends Farm & Hatchery in the Triad, the phones haven’t stopped ringing. “We were going to start slow,” said Tina Sharp, the self-proclaimed “chief chicken ...

WHITE BEAR LAKE, Minn. — Breakfast and baking keeps getting more expensive thanks to a key ingredient. The Agriculture Department predicts egg prices could rise another 20% this year. That might have ...

Egg prices jumped more than 15% in January from a year ago, with a carton of eggs costing Americans roughly $4.95. Producers blame it on the bird flu that has forced them to euthanize millions of ...

A chicken sits in the grass in a backyard in Texas while others walk along a brick wall. Live chickens have been flying off the shelves at Wabash Feed & Garden in north Houston. "I got 100 hens last ...