Keeping home chickens as a pastime has continued to grow since the pandemic. But if eggs are the goal, remember that it takes planning and investment to raise the chickens and protect against bird flu. Costs might go well beyond the nationwide average of $4.15 a dozen that commercial eggs sold for in December.

FOX 13’s Regina Gonzalez has a look at how backyard chickens could help some homeowners as the costs of eggs continues to go up.

Eggs are a menu staple at Ants Pants Cafe in Graduate Hospital. Customers scarf them down in hashes with Italian sausage, in breakfast burritos with ground sirloin, and atop smoked salmon and hash browns with hollandaise sauce.