Some backyard chicken owners may have separately found their chickens underperforming, but experts say the issues are unrelated. While feed quality can affect hens’ egg-laying abilities, state ...

Chickens were fed a diet of insects and table scraps with some grains thrown in. Now, there are several different types of chicken feed available ranging in protein content and for different types ...

But there is no evidence that altered chicken feed is driving steep egg prices. Credit: AP FILE - Red Star chickens roost in their coop, Jan. 10, 2023, at Historic Wagner Farm in Glenview, Ill.

But there is no evidence that altered chicken feed is driving steep egg prices. Credit: AP FILE - Red Star chickens roost in their coop, Jan. 10, 2023, at Historic Wagner Farm in Glenview, Ill.

FILE - Eggs are displayed on store shelves at a local grocery store in Chandler, Ariz., Jan. 21, 2023. Amid soaring egg prices, social media users are claiming that common chicken feed products are ...

Egg shortage breeds chicken-feed conspiracies U.S. egg prices in grocery stores more than doubled over the past year due to an outbreak of bird flu, combined with increasing labor and supply costs.