# Crowds flock to Weslaco poultry farm to purchase their own chickens amid high egg prices

> Dozens of customers bought hens at a Weslaco, Texas, farm as a way to reduce their purchases of expensive eggs. The farm opened with 4,000 chickens, and more than 1,000 were sold within two and a half hours; the report links the high egg prices to bird flu outbreaks.

- Date: 2026-11-09 · published 2026-11-10T03:17:51.821Z
- Category: market · region United States · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/90811-crowds-flock-to-weslaco-poultry-farm-to-purchase-their-own-chickens-amid-high
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

High retail egg prices are prompting some consumers to keep hens, shifting a small amount of demand toward backyard poultry and away from commercial egg purchases. The reported sales are not large enough to imply a meaningful change in feed-commodity prices.

## Sources

- krgv.com: https://www.krgv.com/videos/crowds-flock-to-weslaco-poultry-farm-to-purchase-their-own-chickens-amid-high-egg-prices/

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