With egg prices so high and Chicago and many suburbs allowing people to raise hens, some are thinking about backyard chickens ...
There is no doubt that bird flu has played a significant role in driving up the cost of all eggs. Wild birds brought a particularly contagious strain of bird flu to the U.S. in 2022, and egg ...
Simply put, broiler chickens are for meat, while layer chickens are for eggs. Their breeds and longevity are different, the latter of which is one theory about the disparity in bird flu's impact.
Egg prices are at an all-time average high in the U.S. at $5.90 a dozen — up nearly $3 from last year. The main reason is the ...
bird flu has affected more than 166 million birds across the United States, including 127 million egg-laying hens. That represents a roughly 11 percent annual reduction in the nation's layer ...
NEW YORK — Egg prices again reached a record high in February, as the bird flu continues to run rampant and Easter and Passover approach. The latest monthly Consumer Price Index showed a dozen ...
We're in the fifth year of a worldwide avian flu outbreak, and there seems to be no end in sight. The standard containment ...
Egg prices are at an all-time average high in the U.S. at $5.90 a dozen — up nearly $3 from last year. The main reason is the bird flu that's been raging since 2022. "Influenza is a really big ...
Egg binding is when a fertile female bird struggles to release an egg from her body naturally. This is an extremely ...
Carly Muhlhahn and her husband, Benjamin Bagenski, have had a chicken flock since last year. Amid high egg prices and bird flu cases soaring across the country, Saratoga County residents are ...
In an interview with The Texas Tribune, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced plans to force a special session of the Texas Legislature if bail reform and a THC ban, two of his top 40 priorities ...
Egg prices soared as millions of birds were culled following the biggest avian flu outbreak in a decade. Prices spiked to a record $8.17 per dozen in early March, and although they have since ...