In recent years, the desire to grow or produce one’s own food has become increasingly popular, and with good reason.. After ...

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If egg prices and availability have you thinking of raising your own backyard chickens, know there is a mix of romanticism and realism with that idea.

Is having backyard chickens the solution to the current egg crisis? Here’s what five hen owners want you to know.

There’s also the cost of the chickens themselves, which run the gamut, depending on the breed. Mount says that a Rhode Island Red chick, “which is known to be a prolific brown egg layer ...

They produce around four to five eggs weekly. Rhode Island Red live a long, happy life. One of the calmest chicken breeds out there is the Brahma. They are extremely calm, making them great with kids.

And egg sales are up between chicken-owning neighbors on ... ticking off her favorites breeds of the past 30 years: Rhode Island Red, Plymouth Rock, Black Diamond, Sex Link, Sapphire Gem, and ...