Chicken diapers and saddles are becoming a multimillion dollar industry. As more urban households embrace backyard chicken coups, online stores are cropping up selling everything from poultry lingerie to chicken caviar. Based on a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 0.8 percent of households in Los Angeles, Miami and New York owned chickens in 2010. Another 4 percent said they expect to get a chicken in the next few years. Read more (NPR).
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