Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It seems like every store you visit these days, eggs are either outrageously expensive or completely out of stock. Some people ...

The staggering costs of eggs — up nearly 37% from last year, according to the Consumer Price Index — is driving people to consider backyard flocks. Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with ...

Rent The Chicken, based in Freeport, delivers hens, chicken coops, food and essentials to backyards. Founder Jenn Tompkins said it is a way to educate people on how to raise chickens and get eggs at ...

Amid egg shortages and soaring prices, some consumers are taking a crack at a fresh alternative — they're turning to companies that let them rent their chickens. Ever thought of raising your own ...

La Crescenta, United States: Stung by the rocketing price of eggs -- and US supermarkets rationing a basic breakfast staple -- Yong-mi Kim decided to get some chickens to secure her own supply in ...

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. Founded 12 ...

“I could talk about chickens all day long,” Ida DeFrancesco, a farmer and an affiliate of Rent the Chicken, an all-inclusive chicken-rental service, said not long ago. For twelve hundred dollars, Rent ...

Katie Hitt and her family are renting these chickens for the next year from Four Feathered Hens in St. Louis. Her three young kids have named the birds Hei Hei, Feathers, Sweethearts and Lego Man.

THEIR FILL. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A WAY NOT TO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY ON EGGS IN THE GROCERY STORE, THIS IS CERTAINLY AN OPTION FOR YOU. YOU CAN ACTUALLY RENT THE CHICKEN 2 TO 4 CHICKENS, AND THEN GET ...