{"id":2410257,"date":"2025-03-05T19:09:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-agriculture-secretary-encourages-americans-to-raise-their-own-chickens-at-home\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T19:13:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T00:13:28","slug":"trumps-agriculture-secretary-encourages-americans-to-raise-their-own-chickens-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-agriculture-secretary-encourages-americans-to-raise-their-own-chickens-at-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Agriculture Secretary Encourages Americans to Raise Their Own Chickens at Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-agriculture-secretary-encourages-americans-to-raise-their-own-chickens-at-home%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2410257&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, in an appearance on &#8220;Fox &#038; Friends Weekend,&#8221; suggested that Americans consider\u2062 raising their own chickens to cope with rising egg \u2064prices. This suggestion comes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-hed-sign-reconciliation-bill-with-or-without-hyde-amendment\/\" title=\"Biden Says He\u2019d Sign Reconciliation Bill With Or Without Hyde Amendment\">amid discussions<\/a> about increasing costs\u2064 partly due to an\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/condoleezza-rice-trumps-covid-travel-restrictions-with-china-incredibly-appropriate\/\" title=\"Condoleezza Rice: Trump&#039;s COVID Travel Restrictions With China &#039;Incredibly Appropriate&#039;\">avian flu<\/a> outbreak affecting poultry farms<\/a>. Rollins \u2064emphasized the potential benefits of backyard chickens \u2062for families striving for self-sufficiency and healthy \u200dliving.Though, the proposal was met with\u2064 criticism from Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader \u2062Chuck Schumer, who deemed it &#8220;embarrassing&#8221;\u200b and ridiculed the idea as a trivial solution to a serious problem. Rollins\u200c defended the suggestion, arguing\u2062 it was one of many strategies to \u2063help families, \u200cand highlighted the broader\u200d desire among\u200b people for solutions to food safety and inflation concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins recommended that Americans raise their own chickens to help deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-housing-officials-enjoy-hefty-pay-amid-homeless-crisis\/\" title=\"L.A. housing officials enjoy hefty pay amid homeless crisis\">soaring prices<\/a> of eggs.<\/p>\n<p>The newly confirmed official in the Cabinet of President Donald Trump made the recommendation on &ldquo;Fox &amp; Friends Weekend&rdquo; Saturday to anchor Rachel Campos-Duffy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the silver lining in all this is how do we, in our backyards &mdash; we&rsquo;ve got chickens, too, in our backyard &mdash; how do we solve for something like this?&rdquo; Rollins said, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/trump-agriculture-boss-says-cash-strapped-americans-can-raise-their-own-chickens-to-save-on-eggs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Mediaite.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And people are sort of looking around thinking, &lsquo;Wow, well, Maybe I can get a chicken in my backyard,&rsquo; and it&rsquo;s awesome.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump&rsquo;s Sec of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the solution to high egg prices for Americans is to get some chickens and raise them in your backyard. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sYFAYKeR5Q\">pic.twitter.com\/sYFAYKeR5Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonFilipkowski\/status\/1896706895655928103?\">March 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Rollins made a similar argument in an opinion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/opinion\/agriculture-secretary-brooke-rollins-my-plan-to-lower-egg-prices-6be0f881\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece<\/a> for The Wall Street Journal, which said that the administration wants to &ldquo;make it easier for families to raise backyard chickens&rdquo; in addition to cutting regulations for commercial producers.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats did not like that idea. They have been hounding Trump and his team over high egg prices, which, in turn, came about as a result of poultry farms facing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/egg-prices-hit-shocking-highs-will-9-dozen-new-standard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outbreak<\/a> of the avian flu.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/humiliating-problem-spotted-schumer-warren-bookers-trump-attack-videos-placed-side-side\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chuck Schumer<\/a>, a Democrat from New York, called the idea &ldquo;embarrassing&rdquo; Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Can&rsquo;t wait to hear Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;Chickens in every backyard&rsquo; riff at tomorrow&rsquo;s speech,&rdquo; he said on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is not a solution. Trump&rsquo;s cabinet is mocking you. Democrats are fighting to lower prices for you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How embarrassing for them. Can&rsquo;t wait to hear Trump&rsquo;s &ldquo;Chickens in every backyard&rdquo; riff at tomorrow&rsquo;s speech.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a solution.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s cabinet is mocking you.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are fighting to lower prices for you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J8kTrMOODA\">https:\/\/t.co\/J8kTrMOODA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1896745131317010596?\">March 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  CNN anchor Jake Tapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xXM6Qm9dmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a> Rollins if she had a response to the criticism.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, of course Chuck Schumer would resort to basically poking fun at the average American family, who&rsquo;s looking to ensure that they can feed their family,&rdquo; she answered.<\/p>\n<p>The mockery from Schumer and other Democrats was, as we have come to expect, blatantly dishonest.<\/p>\n<p>They spoke as if Rollins was dismissing the price pressures faced by American families and merely telling them to deal with the issue themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The suggestion about raising chickens was only an aside among many other policy solutions &mdash; especially nixing burdensome regulations on businesses &mdash; to address the high egg prices.<\/p>\n<p>But the comments from Schumer also show how out-of-touch the Democrats are with everyday Americans.<\/p>\n<p>While not every family can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/salena-zito-trump-was-always-the-result-of-the-conservative-populist-coalition-not-the-cause\/\" title=\"Salena Zito: Trump Was Always the Result of the Conservative Populist Coalition, Not the Cause\">raise chickens<\/a>, many certainly want to, especially as concerns about the safety of our food and persistent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/walmart-aldi-announce-return-trump-era-prices-special-holiday-promo-inflation-free-thanksgiving\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inflationary<\/a> pressures continue to abound.<\/p>\n<p>Raising backyard chickens is indeed being widely discussed among Americans these days.<\/p>\n<p>Rollins is actually encouraging self-sufficiency and healthy living, which is something we don&rsquo;t usually hear from the leaders of the Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a welcome emphasis from an administration that clearly cares about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rfk-jr-tells-hhs-staff-formery-taboo-questions-childhood-vaccines-will-investigated-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health<\/a> and economic success of American families, and those families are excited.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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During an appearance on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends Weekend,&#8221; she shared this idea with host Rachel Campos-Duffy, stating, \u201cI think the silver lining in all this is how do we, in our backyards \u2014 we\u2019ve got chickens too \u2014 how do we solve for something like this?\u201d Rollins emphasized that many people might be inspired to get chickens for their backyards. She also expressed similar views in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece, advocating for easier regulations for families wanting to raise backyard chickens and commercial producers alike. However, Democrats criticized her suggestion; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called it \u201cembarrassing\u201d and claimed it was not a viable solution to the issue of high egg prices caused by avian flu outbreaks affecting poultry farms. 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