No matter which came first, demand is soaring in early 2025. Two San Angelo feed stores have found it difficult to keep chickens in stock as a nationwide egg shortage pushes West Texans to raise their ...
and nematodes,” one egg farmer told Corby Kummer in 2000. (“My own conclusion is that feed is the chief influence on flavor, followed by the condition of the ‘layers,’” Kummer writes.) ...
Most were egg-laying chickens. Since the start of the ... “You’re investing all that feeding time,” he said. “All that growing time. And then all the challenges that come with it.” ...
A check of local feed stores showed chicks are flying off ... it’s still going to be four-and-a-half to six months before it starts laying eggs.” Dykes has run into the same thing when people ...
Llanos has a small farm 30 minutes outside of Danbury with a garden and 200 egg-laying hens. Eggs, vegetables, and herbs from ...
The company pays for farmers’ birds and feed, and it offers a set price for ... with flocks of at least 75,000 now house over 95% of egg-laying hens, the United Egg Producers trade group estimates.