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Urban Backyard Chickens: An After-Action Report

• Chicken-keeping is a traditional and still-viable way for households to grow their own fresh food, and a 50'x50’ backyard can comfortably support 3 chickens
• Almost no modern household keeps food practices to make use of 2-3 fresh eggs every day

“You can make a meal out of 3 eggs!” Yes. A meal for one person. Every day.

Mostly, the issue is that moderns won’t be baking things or making sauces or custards from scratch or whatever on a daily basis.