So Much Backyard Chicken News!

A Chris Hinyub posting in the US Independent Voter Network Backyard Chickens Take Off With Small Scale Poultry Operations covers both backyard chicken campaigns in Florida and the general phenomenon.

National Public Radio broke a story about Williams Sonoma is starting a product line that will include a chicken tractor. The line will be called Agrarian.

And the  Wednesday DINING section of the New York Times led with Straight From the Home Coop, a multi-page story that not only covers ways to cook "home coop" eggs, but also points out that store-bought eggs can be up to six weeks old.