There Might Be a Sinister Reason Egg Prices Got So High. It’s Happened Before.

There Might Be a Sinister Reason Egg Prices Got So High. It’s Happened Before.

If you think it's all bird flu, think again.

Chicken egg prices in the US have increased significantly amid the outbreak of bird flu. More than 30 million chickens have been killed to prevent the spread of the disease.

Bird flu continues to drive egg prices

As expected, peak demand for eggs during Easter came at a time of tighter supplies. In the recent World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate’s report, egg production was lowered on recent hatchery and production data although imports were raised on recent trade data. The egg supply was estimated at 14.2 million dozen eggs, which was nearly 9 million lower than in April 2024. WASDE is overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Production …

The Price of Eggs

At Orion Magazine, Christopher Solomon recounts the life and death of Muffy, a Buff Orpington chicken seriously wounded by a neighbor’s dog. Using a weary, yet stoic approach and wry humor, Solomon attempts to nurse Muffy back to health. As he does so, he considers his uneasy relationship with the land he stewards and the farmyard lives he’s become responsible for.Here I must confess that my sympathy for the chicken was not unpolluted. I am at b…