Backyard chickens might not crack high egg prices, but these owners say they’re worth it

As shoppers hesitate to reach into grocery coolers when they see the price of eggs, Jim Irwin enjoys going out to his backyard chicken coop on Chicago’s Northwest Side, and Annie Lawson gathers freshly laid eggs in her Grayslake yard.

Winfield resident Sheena Tovt wishes she were so fortunate.

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