HOUSTON – One company is showcasing an untraditional way to save on groceries by helping Texans rent an animal that has recently become a hot commodity.
According to the Houston Chronicle, Driftwood Meadows farm in Centerville has created an outpost to distribute chickens.
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‘Rent the Chicken’ is a company with outposts all over the nation that lets families rent two or four egg-producing hens for up to five to six months.
Their website states that those interested can pay $665 for two hens, or $915 for four. Along with that fee, buyers will also get the coop, food and water dishes, feed to last the entire rental period, instructions, and free delivery to the Houston area.
Owner Desirae Brown runs the operation in Centerville. The Houston Chronicle said five to eight families in the area rent chickens from Brown, who they affectionately call “Homestead Dez” and about 95% of the families adopt the chickens at the end of the rental period.
As households combat the rising costs of inflation and work to pull themselves out of a deficit from the pandemic, these untraditional ways of making groceries may begin being widely adapted practices.
Houston laws allow residents to keep as many as 30 hens in coops that are at least 100 feet from any home.
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