Sales of backyard chickens that lay their own eggs are booming as bird flu causes prices to crack new records

Chickens and a rooster on a California farm amid the Bird flu crisis. (Credit: Tayfun Coskun—Anadolu/Getty Images)

• The avian influenza has caused egg prices to surge across the country and prompted new restrictions in grocery stores and higher prices in restaurants. Some consumers have tried to combat the costly shortage by buying up chickens to get their own eggs.

As bird flu sweeps across the nation, consumers are facing elevated egg prices, and chicken supply companies are selling their chicks two to three times as fast.