Is having backyard chickens the solution to the current egg crisis? Here’s what five hen owners want you to know.

In other words: Chicken prices have remained stable because broiler producers have had an easier time keeping up with demand. Egg-laying chickens have fared much worse, accounting for more than 75 percent of all the birds affected by the outbreak between Feb. 8, 2022, and Jan. 29.

Record-high egg prices have more consumers considering backyard chickens, but farm rescues say they are expensive and hard to care for.