TAMPA BAY, FLa. (BLOOM) – With egg prices skyrocketing due to bird flu outbreaks and supply shortages, many Americans are looking for alternatives. Raising chickens at home has become a practical and ...

The answer may surprise you. There are various upfront costs to raising chickens like buying the animals and equipment. Consider size, materials, labor, and maintenance before building a chicken coop.

The highs and lows of raising chickens.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Backyard chickens have gone from fringe hobby to mainstream pet in under a decade. According to the American Pet Products Association, roughly 11 million U.S. households kept them in 2025, nearly ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - The high cost of eggs has more than a few people considering backyard chickens. It’s legal to raise them, but there are a couple of things to know before making the decision and ...