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2.5 million chickens infected with bird flu in Missouri the whole farm. every chicken went to the landfill. Farm is being sanitized.
Long Island 100,000+ ducks with bird flu. Oldest duck farm in the state. Same outcome. 138.7 m in the states and Puerto Rico. Dairy herd 929 nationally 712 just in California.
 
Fitter30 said:
2.5 million chickens infected with bird flu in Missouri the whole farm. every chicken went to the landfill. Farm is being sanitized.
Long Island 100,000+ ducks with bird flu. Oldest duck farm in the state. Same outcome. 138.7 m in the states and Puerto Rico. Dairy herd 929 nationally 712 just in California.
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It has been going on for quite some time. I think it is reaching peak now.
 
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We buy 'local' eggs from a 4H kid but when we are out and waiting, my wife will buy a dozen from the store. She has a dozen in our Kroger cart and 2 days ago, they were $6+ a dozen. Let me check now.... Doesn't look like they've increased - $6.19.
 
walterjay said:
18-pack x 2 = $18.69
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At first, I thought that was $18.69 for an 18-pack and that's price-gouging ! It appears to be for a 2-pack, so 36 eggs, or $0.52/egg. Kroger is charging exactly the same per egg so that price is at least competitive and considering it's what appears to be a smaller grocery store (maybe a small, regional chain), that price is okay. A regional chain store in our town does have some items that are competitive, but overall everything else costs more.
 
It's times like these that make me glad I have access to crackleberries right off the farm. One of my neighbors has ~60 chickens and overflowing with eggs. She normally sells them for $5/dozen and what doesn't sell gets donated to the local shelter. Sometimes she'll distribute them to people for certain occasions. She handed out angel food cakes to all of her neighbors for Christmas last month. This is the only time she doesn't have any residual eggs to donate or make into cakes or mayo. With the prices at the store souring, she has a waiting list 2-3 days out for $5/dozen.
 
We have had a noticeable number of Canadian Geese dying around here. Bird Flu is what the experts say killed them. There is LOTS of egg and turkey production in IA, so it makes me very nervous.
 
When they first said "bird flu" back in November I started keeping 4 dozen in my fridge. Last week when I bought an 18 pack of eggs is was less than $7.
If we eat them at the rate we like to we use up between a dozen and an 18 pack a week.
If we had to we could cut back to 6 or so a week for a while which would suck.
 
Chris142 said:
Only $7? The cheap ones are $10 a dozen here.
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Oh gosh! Do you have any family farms around? Around me there's a farmer's meat and produce but no eggs. The price there is like shipping at Whole Foods though.
 
There between 4 and 6 bucks a dozen here, the issue is stock - seems to be very low.

Why do they kill off the birds? Once the flock is infected couldn't they just quarantine them for a month or something? My understanding is wild birds have it so there not eradicating it?
 
OK...so if we adhere to the "NO R.S.P." mandate and refrain from "conspiracy theories" and other fluff.
Has the poisoning of Mother Earth begun compounding?
Does our collective "turning a blind eye" to pollution come with a price? just askin'

Bad joke: Is the rising price eggs the new Canary in the Coal Mine?
 
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