For most hens, laying an egg is a given. But for one little chicken named Black Beauty, laying an egg proved to be a miracle.

In other words: Chicken prices have remained stable because broiler producers have had an easier time keeping up with demand.

Still, a lack of eggs and steep prices may lead consumers to move to other cheap forms of protein, which could lead to ...

With the rising cost of egg prices, many are looking to raise their own chickens for eggs. The high prices are attributed to ...

More than 145 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have been slaughtered since the current outbreak began, with the vast majority of them being egg-laying chickens. Cage-free egg laws in 10 ...

The bird flu had been decimating flocks since 2022 but especially ramped up in 2024 — more than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the US died between September and December, data from the US ...

Yoder says with chickens and the eggs, sometimes there's enough, and other times there are too many. Chickens lay the most eggs in the spring and summer months, he said. Joseph Yoder has about 200 ...

As bird flu forces farmers to slaughter millions of chickens, reducing the supply of eggs, the national average price for a ...

While this situation is far from ideal, an unconventional solution has been gaining traction: renting chickens. For many people, the idea of having their own egg-laying hens is appealing.

While high egg prices may make raising chickens seem appealing, the costs and effort involved may outweigh the benefits for many. Different chicken breeds lay various colored eggs, offering a ...