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 ...

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 ...

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. But if eggs ...

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, ...

As Chicago-area shoppers hesitate to reach into grocery coolers when they see the price of eggs, Jim Irwin enjoys going out to his backyard chicken coop on Chicago’s Northwest Side, and Annie Lawson ...

It's become more popular in the last few years for people who don't farm to keep flocks of chickens in their back yards; many put up signs to sell any extra eggs. But avian flu has sickened birds in ...

Two factors behind skyrocketing egg prices are bird flu impacts and a Colorado law requiring all commercially sold eggs in the state to be from cage-free producers. But there's much to consider if ...