NYers are beating rising egg prices with their very own chicken coops: I dont worry about where my eggs are coming from

Eggspensive prices breed creativity.A Staten Island firefighter built his very own chicken coop in his backyard to ensure a steady stream of eggs — as the skyrocketing price of the kitchen staple scrambles the rest of the city.“It doesn’t affect us at all, because we have them here every day,” Tommy Lane, 36, told The Post Thursday.“And I don’t have to worry about where my eggs are coming from, what are they putting in them.I just come out here.

I know that these chickens are healthy.I know exactly where the eggs are coming from.”The Colonel, Ruby, Daisy and Jordan save the family of five as much as $120 a month per month, Lane estimated, with each bird typically popping out one brown egg a day — though The Colonel is not always punctual.The 11-year FDNY veteran brought his four egg-making machines to his family’s home about a year ago for his children, ages 8, 6 and 4, after a few of his fellow firefighters shared eggs from their own coops.“The Easter Bunny brought these about a year ago.

The kids wanted a dog.They got the chickens instead,” Lane, who works out of the 15th Division in Brooklyn, said.The birds were a boomerang gift for himself and his wife, Jackie: Inflation was an ongoing burden and the couple could see the writing on the wall.The bird flu had been decimating flocks since 2022 but especially ramped up in 2024 — more than 20 million egg-laying chickens in the US died between September and December, data from the US Department of Agriculture shows.

The shortage has caused the cost to surge for eggs and egg products.If the Lanes were to buy their choice of organic eggs from the supermarket, they estimate they’d be spending as much as $30 per week on just two cage-free cartons.Instead, the Lanes spend roughly just $18 per month on bird feed.

There’s also less waste in their home thanks to their feathery friends.“They eat everything.

They eat scraps.If you have leftover vegetables or fruit, even meat, you throw it ou...