Can Backyard Chickens Make Up For Egg Prices?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 1, 2023

With egg prices soaring, many people are reportedly combatting the cost by trying to keep backyard chickens. Bill Hlubik, professor and agricultural agent for Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the director of the Middlesex County EARTH Center, explains what it takes to raise chickens in the backyard and answers listener questions about it.

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