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Chickens are becoming increasingly popular in backyards across the country, but Loudoun County has specific ordnances about where you can and can't raise fowl. (Shutterstock)
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA — Raising backyard chickens has become increasingly popular in Loudoun County and other urban and suburban neighborhoods throughout the United States. Whether it's for eggs, meat, a side gig selling eggs, or a new way to keep pets, Americans can't seem to get enough of their tiny flocks of feathered friends.
In fact, the coronavirus pandemic has only fed our desire to moonlight as amateur chicken keepers.
Mark Podgwaite, a Vermont chicken breeder who heads the American Poultry Association, told The Associated Press in December that he and other breeders have noticed an uptick in demand for chicks since the pandemic began.