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Monday, January 23, 2023

Rent a chicken? For HOW much?

HOUSTON - The cost of eggs is going up at grocery stores, and you may have entertained the idea of having your own in your backyard. Well, now might be your chance!

Rent The Chicken offers Texas residents the opportunity to raise their own chickens and farm their own eggs. 

According to their website, starting at about $535, eligible customers can rent chickens for up to six months, depending on the availability. 

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Or you can look online or in your local smut sheet for somebody that's giving away a free dog run to use as a coop, buy a couple sheets of plywood to roof it and build a henhouse with, then go to a nearby hatchery or feed store and buy a couple almost ready to lay pullets that will be yours to keep for under 20 bucks a pop.