I have my own small flock of backyard chickens and they naturally lay less in winter. In fact I had to buy a dozen eggs for the first time in a long time last week. It only takes a couple percent change in an inelastic demand to push prices up a lot.
Egg prices
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Bird flu. Some chickens are being quarantined. Chicken shortage. It started in Oklahoma and has reached California. Bird flu also affects cows and of course people.
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Must be regional. I have been buying egglands best lately - and they were $4.49 for a dozen Xlarge at the fancy store according to my last receipt, which is what they have been for a while. There much cheaper at walmart.
Maybe over reaction to bird flu outbreaks? I've seen news reports of millions of chickens being culled in recent years.
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I'm okay paying $3 for a dozen free range eggs. Our family might spend $150 or $200 a year on eggs. After all, one nice meal eating out (4 of us) where we live is $150 with drinks & tip.
We live near the Canadian border, restaurants are less expensive in Vancouver even with thier highe gas prices. Raw eggs are slightly cheaper in the US.
We live near the Canadian border, restaurants are less expensive in Vancouver even with thier highe gas prices. Raw eggs are slightly cheaper in the US.
I bought 4 doz 2 weeks ago for $1.50/dz
And yeah prices skyrocketed, i should have bought more of the cheap KT eggs
I generally buy Meijer's cheapest eggs, but I scored a couple of weeks ago; a combination of a sale price and a $2 MPerks coupon made Eggland's Best about 50-cents a dozen cheaper than the Meijer's cheapest brand. I wish I bought more...
I've been buying from local homes/farms in the country. $4 a dozen, but no growth hormones and all the other crap they inject into the chickens. Plus, cage free means literally out in the yard and happy to cluck around all day rather than being crammed into a crowded barnyard, wing to wing and miserable.
It's only in my head, but the eggs taste better. The extra buck is worth the peace of mind of what I'm eating.
Oh, I forgot to mention...the eggs are not washed, so they can sit on the counter and don't have to be refrigerated, English-style. Not a big deal, but I like that they are again in more of a natural state.
$ 3.77 eggs are still very inexpensive as a source of healthy protein. My father ate 3 eggs a day for all of his adult life. He didn't quite make it to his 92nd birthday. Maybe if he had not smoked....
Mix a little brown sugar into their water and a heat lamp, and they'll happily lay through winter.
We buy whole eggs...restaurants buy whole eggs.
The baking industry buys liquid eggs in 5 gallon pails.
Does anybody know in what proportions -expressed in percentage of total egg production?
Could an uptick in commercial egg purchasing lead to "shortages" in the whole egg supply?
When I was a lad, a frost hit Florida and the news said the orange crop will take a hit and orange juice prices will go up.
The next day orange juice sales plummeted because people "heard it in the news".
The following day, the newsman said, "Hey everybody, the frost wasn't that bad, and the orange crop has not been effected".
I've always kept that story in the front of my mind.
The baking industry buys liquid eggs in 5 gallon pails.
Does anybody know in what proportions -expressed in percentage of total egg production?
Could an uptick in commercial egg purchasing lead to "shortages" in the whole egg supply?
When I was a lad, a frost hit Florida and the news said the orange crop will take a hit and orange juice prices will go up.
The next day orange juice sales plummeted because people "heard it in the news".
The following day, the newsman said, "Hey everybody, the frost wasn't that bad, and the orange crop has not been effected".
I've always kept that story in the front of my mind.
USDA keeps tabs on almost every food type. Here is the most recent report on eggs.
https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3725.pdf
Too lazy to read it. If anyone finds anything enlightening let me know. I like Eggs, will continue to buy them no matter the price.
https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3725.pdf
Too lazy to read it. If anyone finds anything enlightening let me know. I like Eggs, will continue to buy them no matter the price.
Just got back from a Meijer run. Eggs were $2.69 on Monday, today they were $3.79. 
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Ever since this egg price nonsense started it amazes me that Eggland's Best are less expensive than common store eggs. Paid $3.29 a few days ago. The store eggs were $3.99, Wonder if Eggland's Best have contracted isolated flocks.
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Get mine free from neighbor. Few goose eggs too. I don’t eat 4-10 like someone here thinks he needs. More like 2-3 a day.
