Tampeños flock to backyard chickens as egg prices spike
Hatch your own. Why it matters: When egg prices skyrocket, more Americans consider getting — and even renting — backyard chickens. By the numbers: 11 million U.S. households have backyard chickens, making chickens the third most popular pet in the country,
Good Question: Why is bird flu raising the prices of eggs but not chicken?
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Today’s Good Question is: Why is bird flu raising the prices of eggs but not chicken? The simplest answer is that the chickens we eat don’t live as long. The birds that are raised for egg production and the ones raised for consumption are two different types of chickens.
Backyard chickens to save money on eggs? It's not what it's cracked up to be.
With egg prices still on the rise, more people are considering raising their own chickens to save money. But before jumping in, experts say it’s important to understand the costs involved.
Priced out of store-bought eggs? Rent a chicken.
Due to rising bird flu infections across the United States, an egg shortage has left many Americans scrambling. One solution: renting chickens.
Egg prices are surging, so why are chicken prices stable?
In other words: Chicken prices have remained stable because broiler producers have had an easier time keeping up with demand. Egg-laying chickens have fared much worse, accounting for more than 75 percent of all the birds affected by the outbreak between Feb. 8, 2022, and Jan. 29.
Don't buy a backyard chicken to get cheap eggs
Record-high egg prices have more consumers considering backyard chickens, but farm rescues say they are expensive and hard to care for.
Egg customers crying fowl over empty shelves, high prices can now rent their own chickens
Egg customers concerned about empty shelves and rising prices at the supermarket can try their hand at getting eggs out of their own backyard with Rent a Chicken.
With egg prices soaring, what about chicken prices?
Which price goes higher - the chicken, or the egg? Egg prices are heading for the stratosphere thanks to the bird flu outbreak, with some grocery stores restricting the amount you can buy, and a few restaurants charging extra.
Egg prices got you scrambling? Here's how much it costs to rent backyard chickens
As customers face empty shelves and rapidly rising egg prices at the supermarket due to the avian flu and a lower national supply, breakfast lovers have another option - their own backyard.
People Are Raising Chickens to Combat High Egg Prices
Americans are turning to backyard chickens, some even opting to rent them. This trend has grown significantly, with 11 million U.S. households now raising chickens, making them the third most popular pet.
Egg prices are skyrocketing — why isn’t the cost of chicken rising, too?
Eggs have been a hot and expensive commodity lately. Multiple major retailers have enacted an egg limit while Waffle House recently added a surcharge to every egg ordered. You likely won’t, however, find a limit on how many packages of chicken breasts you can purchase at your local grocery store,
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