The amount of eggs a family can get from their backyard flock will depend on what kind of chicken they choose. One of the most popular chickens to get is the ISA Brown. “They lay really good ...

get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. Sign up The rentable hens will lay about a dozen eggs per week, Rent The Chicken owner Jenn Tompkins said to USA Today. Amid the growing ...

For meat chicken, known as broilers, the virus isn’t as significant because those birds are slaughtered at 6 to 8 weeks old and thus have less chance of being infected compared with egg-laying ...