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Raising backyard chickens isn’t so hard after all

Have you thought about buying chickens during the pandemic? Well you’re not alone. Covid-19 has brought us to rethink our food systems and raising chickens isn’t rocket science. For The Washington Post, food columnist Tamar Haspel outlines seven tips including how to choose your breed wisely and ensure they’re protected from predators. She also reminds us that at the end of the day, don’t expect their eggs to taste better (Haspel wrote this now-legendary debunker a decade ago). Oh yeah and don’t clean the coop.

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