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PHOENIX — High egg prices have led homeowners to start their own backyard hatcheries and caused stores to see an increase in their sales of chicken feed and baby chicks.
PHOENIX — High egg prices have led homeowners to start their own backyard hatcheries and caused stores to see an increase in their sales of chicken feed and baby chicks.
High egg prices in grocery stores due to the uptick in bird flu have led people to start purchasing chicks for their own backyard hatcheries.
At the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture's western policy conference, state officials talked about marketing, poultry issues, wildlife concerns, pest management, reusing waste, legislation and other topics.
Any eggs sold in Arizona now has to meet expanded requirements, which some say might have an impact on the price people will pay at the grocery store.