Eggs!!!???

[Bonefreak]

I was in the mood for an omelette but….fugeggaboutit!!!  WTF 

 

[archer36]

Prices are very different from one store to another but generally high. I guess it depends on their supplier. 

Even if the supplier wasn't hit with bird flu, the supply and demand will drive all prices high. 

I bought two dozen a few weeks ago. That will hold me for a while. Don't eat a lot of eggs. My wife uses a lot when she makes cookies with the grandkids. 

Some egg producers will make a killing. Some will get their flocks wiped out. 

Edited February 17 by archer36

[BHC]

5 dozen at ShopRite $33

At Walmart $21

[Roon]

Freaking Trump 

Insert sarcasm 

[BHC]

October 2024 Biden orderd 45 Million egg laying hens killed, it takes roughly 12 months for hens to mature to lay eggs

[Greybeard]

Chicks in April will start laying around Sept-Oct.   45 million is a lot to replace.  That alone will reduce the amount of chickens laying for the market to be breeding chickens. $3 - $5 for a dozen eggs at local stands around here but it's a slow time of year for chickens to be laying eggs and will be lucky to find some there.

Of course I stopped raising chickens last year when my d-i-l started raising them.  I had eggs all year because I kept a light on in the coop during the winter.  She hasn't done that yet

[archer36]

17 minutes ago, BHC said:

October 2024 Biden orderd 45 Million egg laying hens killed, it takes roughly 12 months for hens to mature to lay eggs

Why were they killed?

[GlocknColts]

2 minutes ago, archer36 said:

Why were they killed?

They had dirt on Hillary.......

[hammer4reel]

20 minutes ago, BHC said:

October 2024 Biden orderd 45 Million egg laying hens killed, it takes roughly 12 months for hens to mature to lay eggs

Takes 18 weeks normally 

[archer36]

The farm where I hunt raises egg laying hens and sells eggs. They have not been hit with any bird flu. Their prices will mirror the market. 

It's business. 

[hammer4reel]

While the amount of birds euthanized sounds huge .

there are over 8 billion chickens raised for slaughter here in the US.

50 million is a drop in the bucket 

Edited February 17 by hammer4reel

[huntyctyboy]

I get them 5 a dz.  at local roadside cooler 

[smittty]

Thinking of moving out my pigeons and moving in some chickens 

[archer36]

What's new now are limits. Some stores will only let you buy 1 unit. 

[Bonefreak]

Heard they should not be wiping out millions at the affected farms cuz some could have developed the natural immunity to it. Who knows what to believe.