What I don't understand about the egg problem.

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This is how things are being explained to us: There was an increase in egg usage over the holidays because of folks making lots of deserts and stuffing, and putting eggs in their pea salad. At the same time the farmers have to kill their chickens that are infected with chicken flu. So currently there is a shortage of eggs the likes of which we have not seen before. Like the toilet paper drought of 2021. That shortage has caused the price of eggs to shoot up in our supply and demand free economy world.

Now, we eat a lot of chicken over here at Casa Del MikeyDude, and we monitor the price of chicken. That price has not increased, or if it has it's not enough to really notice. How come? Why, if there is an egg shortage, and they have to kill off all those chickens, is there not a chicken shortage? What are they doing with all those sick chickens they kill? Are they selling them to us consumers?

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There is a difference between chicken breeds raised for market. Some have been bred solely for high egg production, while others for their meat. It might be that the egg layers have been hit harder first with the flu than the meat birds. That's not to say meat birds may not start to get ill too.

Oldaunt, what have you been told if I may ask?
 

MikeyDude said:
What are they doing with all those sick chickens they kill? Are they selling them to us consumers?
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Don't know about most of them, but I once worked next to a huge chicken farm, one of the biggest in the US. They shredded all chickens and mixed with the manure. The place smelled awful, and had the most amazing fly population I have ever seen. But that is probably better than selling them to KFC or something.
 
Supposedly......the problem is bird flu? diseases that have greatly culled the supply.
We have a rooster and five hens, but some of them are new, quite young, and are waiting for the blessing again of more than one egg a day.

Is the problem really the bird diseases? I haven't closely followed the reports so I do not know.
 
MikeyDude said:
This is how things are being explained to us: There was an increase in egg usage over the holidays because of folks making lots of deserts and stuffing, and putting eggs in their pea salad. At the same time the farmers have to kill their chickens that are infected with chicken flu. So currently there is a shortage of eggs the likes of which we have not seen before. Like the toilet paper drought of 2021. That shortage has caused the price of eggs to shoot up in our supply and demand free economy world.

Now, we eat a lot of chicken over here at Casa Del MikeyDude, and we monitor the price of chicken. That price has not increased, or if it has it's not enough to really notice. How come? Why, if there is an egg shortage, and they have to kill off all those chickens, is there not a chicken shortage? What are they doing with all those sick chickens they kill? Are they selling them to us consumers?
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Because laying chickens and meat-chickens are very different. They're sometimes on the same farms, but meat-chx are given more vaccines and antibiotics than laying chx...or at least their veterinary care is very different. Plus if they are on the same farm, they're caged/kept separately from laying chx, like very much separate. They also eat different feed.

I've been told that laying chx are more expensive to farm than meat-chx, but maybe meat-chx farmers make more money than egg farmers, so it just seems more expensive.
 
There were only the large flats in the grocery store the other day. I’ve seen days when there’re no eggs at Walmart.

Our chicken prices have gone up. The sale of turkeys was limited at Christmas time.
 
A couple of days ago, I got a dozen extra large Eggland's Best for a little over $5. The local brand was about $4, but I don't like them as much.
 
Murrmurr said:
Because laying chickens and meat-chickens are very different. They're sometimes on the same farms, but meat-chx are given more vaccines and antibiotics than laying chx...or at least their veterinary care is very different. Plus if they are on the same farm, they're caged/kept separately from laying chx, like very much separate. They also eat different feed.

I've been told that laying chx are more expensive to farm than meat-chx, but maybe meat-chx farmers make more money than egg farmers, so it just seems more expensive.
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Here's what concerns me about meat-chix:

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What the hell kind of chemicals are they pumping into them to make them retain so much fluid?

Are they using Atomic radiation?

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Nathan said:
Here's what concerns me about meat-chix:

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What the hell kind of chemicals are they pumping into them to make them retain so much fluid?

Are they using Atomic radiation?

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"Meat" is just muscle, and steroids help build muscle. And genetics also plays a big part. It isn't fluid retention there. And think about this: humans are bigger than they were in the 50's as well.
 
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