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Now You Can Rent a Backyard Chicken
It's a starter kit, of sorts, for aspiring urban farmers.
Raising backyard chickens has become something of a trend. But the fact that hundreds of chickens are getting dumped at animal shelters suggests aspiring farmers may not quite have what it takes.
Phil and Jenn Tompkins from Freeport, Pennsylvania, think they’ve got a solution. Their new business "Rent the Chicken" offers all the rewards of backyard chickens for much less responsibility. The Tompkins raise chickens on their homestead until they're ready to lay eggs.