Pennsylvanians Phillip and Jenn Tompkins, are crowing about their ‘Rent The Chicken’ business..

It’s one of a flock of new businesses catering to consumers who increasingly demand healthy, locally-sourced food and eggs from humanely-raised hens.

NJTV’s Brenda Flanagan reports from the suburban home of a Chesterfield, NJ chicken renter who’s so enamored of her four hens that she’s decided to buy them outright when the rental agreement ends.

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