A north Alabama farm is struggling to keep up with its rising egg demand ... CBS found that the USDA has paid $1.1 billion to large commercial poultry companies forced to kill their flocks due to ...
Of course, Alabamians know some of this, as the state is the No. 2 state in the U.S. in broiler production, processing 21 million birds per week, according to the Alabama Poultry Producers.
I ordered a small coop, arranged for a contactless pick-up from a small Alabama chicken farm, and we were off to the races. But let me tell you, keeping chickens is not for the faint of heart.