Title: Backyard Chickens Are Not the Answer to High Egg Prices
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Backyard Chickens Are Not the Answer to High Egg Prices

Publish Date: March 03 2025 |    Pub Number: D250 |    Language: English

Publish Date: March 03 2025

Pub Number: D250

Language: English

Author(s): Tannah Christensen | Pramir Maharjan | Eric Medley | Tom Tabler | Tanner Alan Thornton
Category: Animals & Livestock
Subjects: Poultry, Livestock Economics
Keywords: Avian Influenza, Chickens
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Abstract

The USDA recently predicted that egg prices will increase 41.1 percent in 2025, double the previous projection from January 2025. This is disheartening news with Easter on the horizon (a time when egg prices always tend to spike) but, to anyone considering getting backyard chickens to offset the high cost of eggs these days, take heed, backyard chickens are NOT the answer!

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