How much for eggs now?
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$3.59/dz at the grocery store closest to me.
That sounds about right.
The price is, whatever the market will bear.
Of course, there are lots of market variables....
Of course, there are lots of market variables....
It was weird pricing around here. There were a few weeks where Whole Foods was cheaper ($1-2/dozen) than Walmart for large eggs. Yep, comparing cage free brown eggs at WF vs. regular white eggs at WM. Crazy.
Hermann
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I have yet to see a shortage that has resulted in a empty shelf.
Toilet paper excepted.
Toilet paper excepted.
$6-7 for Eggland's best here. No shortage, lots of stock. Your restaurant is gouging.
Make your hard boiled the nigh before. Peel them, wrap them tighly in cellphane, and eat them cold the next morning. mmmmm.
I have not found an answer on why they have to kill the flock because they got the flu? Anyone know?
Make your hard boiled the nigh before. Peel them, wrap them tighly in cellphane, and eat them cold the next morning. mmmmm.
I have not found an answer on why they have to kill the flock because they got the flu? Anyone know?
Let's be honest. Eggs priced under a dollar a dozen were severely under priced and unsustainable. If everything goes up in cost to bring an egg to market (chicks, fuel, feed, transportation costs) how can you expect the egg to stay the same price? Avian Flu just threw some gas on the eggflation explosion.
Saw this sadly about Ducks on Long Island:
AQUEBOGUE, N.Y. -- A major bird flu outbreak has hit a Suffolk County poultry farm.
Dozens of state and federal agricultural workers dressed in biohazard suits, sanitized boots and gloves were assisting Wednesday in the euthanizing of an entire flock of 100,000 ducks at Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, officials said.
Crescent, Long Island's last remaining duck farm, is now in quarantine and survival mode.
"They call it highly pathogenic avian influenza because it is really serious for bird flocks. It can just wipe out an entire flock," Suffolk County Health Commissioner Dr. Gregson Piggot said.
Bird flu threat to humans remains low, health officials say
Killing the birds at the farm is expected to help keep other farms safe, yet there are fears of future H5N1 mutation that could make humans more vulnerable.
Avian experts are monitoring the situation at the Suffolk County farm.
"This disease is carried by wild birds and all it takes is one of them defecating into an animal pen. It lands on the feed or on the ground it can then spread throughout your flock," said Kate Perz, of Cornell Cooperative Extension.
The Corwin family, which runs Crescent Duck Farm, has had to lay off 47 of its 75 employees. It now fears for the future of the business as it is facing a complete halt in revenue.
Thanks for sharing. But it highlights my confusion. "This disease is carried by wild birds and all it takes is one of them defecating into an animal pen".
So if its carried by wild birds anyway, why not let the whole flock just get it. Any that survive are immune - for some period of time anyway.
At 6 bucks a dozen they are cheaper than you can make them on your own. We had 6 laying hens for a few years (not the same 6 all the time) and the eggs were the best you'll ever eat, but the laying pellets aren't cheap and taking care of them is a PITA...not at all worth it for 6 bucks.
If just getting hardboiled eggs why not just boil them at home and put the extra $s back in your pocket?
$6 a dozen a week ago here and has been for a while. But stumbled on an 18 pack at a local grocery for $7.49, so living high on the hog now.
$6 a dozen a week ago here and has been for a while. But stumbled on an 18 pack at a local grocery for $7.49, so living high on the hog now.
wemay
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The eggs we buy have gone from $7/dozen to over $10. We've switched brands for now.
BJ's Wholesale in Setauket, NY on Long Island. $21.49 for 3 dozen cage free, extra large. Comes as a 2 pack of 18 in each.
Same here. We had several chickens that laid more eggs than we ate. We started letting the neighbors have some, but it got to the point where we couldn't GIVE them away. (Wouldn't be the case today, obviously) A hawk eventually took the last chicken and that was that. Chickens are a lot of fun, but also a lot of work. If I did it again, I would have just two.
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