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HD_Hot_Cocoa t1_j3ou88y wrote

Avian influenza is hitting a lot of egg producers. Prices and shortages are going to continue to rise for a while still.

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drunkmonkey176 OP t1_j3rf20y wrote

If this was the cause, why is chicken breast pretty much still the same price as the last 10 years? It has technically gone up to $2.49 a pound, but is almost always on sale for $1.99. I've been paying that price since I've started buying my own groceries and I'm 41.

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Rbandit28 t1_j3rfksa wrote

From the article I read the flue is hitting the layers the hardest, and turkeys. But chicken used for meat is not being hit as hard. Some states have lost of 1 million in the last year with at least 11 states being over 1 million chickens lost.

Source: I read it on the internet.

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HD_Hot_Cocoa t1_j3rpic0 wrote

I work at a grocery store and from what I am aware this is correct. The groups of chickens that lay eggs usually aren't the same ones you eat.

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pa_bourbon t1_j3u4xiq wrote

Chickens raised for meat are different than egg layers. Just like we don’t eat milk cattle.

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FaithlessnessCute204 t1_j3wphpl wrote

I mean we do ,they just aren’t normally steaks 🥩, but the definitely become freezer burgers after they are done milking. Laying birds get processed but for animal feed

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