“I would tell you to get more than two,” he said, adding at least four or five is best ... starts laying eggs.” Dykes has run into the same thing when people new to raising chickens ...

Chickens lay eggs best when days are longer with best production in summer, though laying can stop in hot weather or if chickens are stressed. Unless you provide light in the coop, chickens may ...

Even with 200 egg laying hens, one CT café is paying $275 from an egg wholesaler and paring down their menu to make ends meet ...

In light of that, the best bargain on eggs these days seems to be in knowing someone who has a backyard flock of laying hens. Each fall, Lewis usually sells off his older hens that are closer to ...

Since the virus first appeared in North America in 2022, approximately 166 million egg-laying hens have been culled from infected farms. Once the virus infiltrates a flock, it spreads with ...

Those deaths have totaled over 166 million birds in the U.S. since 2022. Most birds killed are egg-laying chickens, and the death of so many hens is the main reason egg prices keep rising.