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Do backyard chickens save money? Poultry expert weighs in

  • Many people are buying chickens to cope with rising egg prices, which reached $4.95 for a dozen grade-A eggs according to the consumer price index report.
  • Josh Miller, the store owner of Pittsboro Feed, noted a significant increase in chick sales due to the ongoing bird flu outbreak affecting poultry.
  • In January, over 4 million egg-laying chickens were killed in Hyde County, North Carolina, to control the bird flu spread, drastically impacting egg availability.
  • Dr. Dustan Clark reported millions of bird deaths in the last 30 days in at least 30 states related to the bird flu outbreak, affecting both commercial and backyard flocks.
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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.

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Do backyard chickens save money? Poultry expert weighs in

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As egg prices continue to rise, more and more people are considering raising their own backyard chickens.  Egg prices have officially hit a record high, with the average dozen now costing nearly $5. That's if you can even find them, with countless retailers seeing empty shelves despite limiting the number of cartons customers can purchase. According to Metro Animal Care and Control in Nashville, 72 backyard chicken perm…

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'An obsession': Record-high egg prices driving residents to start backyard flocks

With egg prices reaching record highs, some are considering considering another alternative: buying their own chickens to bring breakfast to the backyard.

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Arkansas experts talk bird flu impacts on backyard flocks

Some Arkansas experts are issuing advice for how to protect backyard flocks and what to expect if the outbreak gets worse.

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Interest in buying chickens does not decrease as an option before high price of eggs

The interest of residents in the Rio Grande Valley to buy chickens as an option to increase the price of eggs does not seem to decrease, since as recent as last weekend people stayed several hours in a long line in Weslaco to be able to buy these birds. “I’m here since nine o’clock in the morning. I’ve been waiting almost four hours to buy some chickens to save me a few centavitos, for the price of eggs and how the economy is right now,” José Mo…

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WATE broke the news in Nashville, United States on Saturday, February 15, 2025.
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