With bird flu increasing the price of eggs and making them scarce in some areas, many are considering raising backyard chickens. Here's what you need to know.

With the hope of free eggs right in your backyard, here’s the scoop on becoming a backyard chicken tender (sorry). But wait, isn’t this a gardening column? It is, indeed. Chickens can be a meaningful part of your backyard garden ecosystem.

Kristen Kemp, a yoga instructor and writer in New Jersey, has owned backyard chickens for more than a decade. “I just love them,” she tells Yahoo Life. Kemp’s had her current brood for around five years,

The national egg shortage isn’t just affecting local grocery stores and restaurants, but also people who raise backyard chickens in Georgia.