The backyard flock’s historic comeback meets its match: apprehensive neighbors
03 Sep 2025 | 01:55
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...
