Coop dreams

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

Coop dreams
20 Jun 2025 | 07:36
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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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At first light when I stirred, my stomach dropped.

For the past month and a half, I’ve gotten used to...

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