As cases of the bird flu are continuing to rise across California, some residents are turning to backyard flocks in an attempt to counter the rising egg prices.At River Valley Feed in Rio Linda, the store supervisor said they have had an increase in calls from people curious about when their chicks will go on sale for the season.

The egg industry has spent millions of dollars on measures to prevent avian influenza from devastating its flocks.

With egg prices soaring, the Trump administration is planning a new strategy for fighting bird flu — and it could have big impacts for the poultry industry. The new strategy will stress vaccinations and tighter biosecurity instead of killing off millions of chickens when the disease strikes a flock,