Do you have an egg shortage in your area?

[TastyReuben]

No egg shortage here but prices have risen a lot.

I saw prices the other day at $7.99US/dozen large. That’s $2 higher than usual.

 

[caseydog]

Did the bird flu that decimated a lot of US chicken farms effect farms in other countries?

CD

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

I started to do research before our Hawaii trip and at the local Safeway, Lucerene 12 count large Eggs are $8.79 and the lowest price I found for local Eggs were $6.89, again 12 count large white Eggs by the way.
This is going to put a huge dent in my food budget ...

 

[Morning Glory]

Did the bird flu that decimated a lot of US chicken farms effect farms in other countries?

CD

Oh yes and its still happening. Egg prices have risen a lot. And there are free range chicken farms which have had to keep their birds indoors.

 

[Morning Glory]

I started to do research before our Hawaii trip and at the local Safeway, Lucerene 12 count large Eggs are $8.79 and the lowest price I found for local Eggs were $6.89, again 12 count large white Eggs by the way.
This is going to put a huge dent in my food budget ...

That is expensive. Its half that price for a dozen free range eggs in the UK:

 

[TastyReuben]

I paid $3.99US for these just today:

 

[caseydog]

Oh yes and its still happening. Egg prices have risen a lot. And there are free range chicken farms which have had to keep their birds indoors.

I actually just heard that the avian flu came to the US from Europe by way of migratory waterfowl, so it must have hit Europe first.

CD

 

[Morning Glory]

I paid $3.99US for these just today:

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That's not too bad as your eggs are large and mine are medium. But please can you grow your nails a bit longer? I hate that 'fat bump' at the end of your thumb because you cut the nails so short. Off topic... just sayin'....

 

[caseydog]

Today at Kroger...

CD

 

[TastyReuben]

Today at Kroger...

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CD

That’s how it looks here, about half-stocked.

 

[caseydog]

I paid $3.99US for these just today:

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As MG mentioned, free range eggs may not be free range right now. A lot of farms have had to move their chickens indoors to issolate them from migratory birds carrying avian flu.

CD

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

Costco had both cage free and non - same price - figured they were probably raised in the same way - non cage free....

 

[Sticky Fingers]

At todays exchange rate USA eggs are £6.55 per doz, my wife said today that she would not pay £2.99 per doz until I told her what USA has to pay. She could not believe it.

 

[caseydog]

At todays exchange rate USA eggs are £6.55 per doz, my wife said today that she would not pay £2.99 per doz until I told her what USA has to pay. She could not believe it.

If you look at the photo I posted above, the cheapest eggs work out to £3.27 per dozen, and the organic cage free eggs are £4.91 per dozen. Prices are higher than I'd like them to be, but I wouldn't say the sky is falling (cheap Chicken Little joke).

You Europeans need to save all the money you can on eggs to put gas/petrol in your cars. You folks are paying (on average) the USD equivalent of $6.87 per gallon. It is $2.99 er gallon at the Exxon station a few blocks from me. For a 15 gallon tank, that's about fifty-eight bucks more a tank.

CD

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Swings and roundabouts I suppose