Farm fresh

Increasing number of people getting chickens to produce eggs

COEUR d'ALENE - The sounds of peeping baby chicks were missing Wednesday at Cenex Co-op Supply on Government Way. A large galvanized metal tub, with heat lamp attached, ready to hold tiny tufts of chirping, spindly-legged fluff, sat empty. Duane Simon, who works at the Dalton Gardens store, said the major hatcheries that sell chicks are having a hard time keeping up with demand.