Gilda Burke with her flock in the Town of Warwick. She has a waiting list 15 deep for her eggs.
Gilda Burke with her flock in the Town of Warwick. She has a waiting list 15 deep for her eggs. ( Becca Tucker)

The backyard flock’s historic comeback meets its match: apprehensive neighbors

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27 Jun 2025 | 11:02
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Time was, frugal American households kept a backyard flock for eggs and the occasional Sunday chicken dinner. “In time of peace a profitable recreation, in time of war a patriotic duty,” exhorts a 1918 government poster, urging two hens in the backyard for each family member. In farm households in the...

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