For Christin New, whose multigenerational family moved from Redwood City, California, to a 2-acre home in the nearby Santa ...

US shoppers are buying a record number of baby chickens from rural retailer Tractor Supply Co. as egg prices remain elevated.

Are they good mamas if you want them to raise baby chicks ... is about four square feet per bird in the coop; so if you have ten regular-sized chickens, you will need a 5-by-8-foot coop.

Bruhn suggested DIY projects like building a coop from scratch and repurposing an old woodshed you might find on sale in an online marketplace like Facebook. Bruhn said baby chicks cost $6-15 each.

She concluded the video with a snippet of all of the chicks together in a makeshift coop. “No egg shortage here !” she quipped. “Thank you #TraderJoes How cute are these baby chicks?!” ...

Cardona, the professor, warns that new hobbyists motivated by high egg prices to start their own coop may get more than they bargained for. “Raising chickens is a wonderful hobby, but they’re ...

A long line of customers wrapped around Atascadero Hay and Feed early Friday morning. “I didn’t know how many people were ...