Joyce Vance schools USDA secretary Brooke Rollins about keeping backyard chickens

Brooke Rollins, the Pollyanna of backyard chickens

Headline:  MSNBC, 3/1/2025

Joyce Vance warns:

But let me tell you, keeping chickens is not for the faint of heart. There is nothing like getting up at 6 a.m. in the pouring rain to slog through your backyard to the coop. Chickens need fresh food and fresh water. Every day. All day. 

We get our chicken feed at the local hardware store. It’s produced by a farmer in Shelby County, Alabama, and my chickens absolutely love it; They go on strike if I try to feed them anything else. It’s also expensive and those 40 pound bags are heavy!

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