Due to avian flu, egg prices are currently quite high. Millions of chickens were killed by this powerful event, and suddenly there were less eggs available and costs went up.The fragility of the entire system is quite astounding. Like, eggs suddenly cost a fortune after one outbreak? Let’s dissect it.
The bird flu outbreak has reached devastating levelsMore than 20 million birds that lay eggs have already been killed. As simple as that. Prices obviously skyrocketed as a result of the supply being disrupted.
The USDA put it simply: “The disease has impacted all major production systems.” Basically, no matter how these chickens were raised—cage-free, organic, or whatever—none of them were safe from this.
As it happens, wild birds are simply spreading the virus like it’s nothing. It doesn’t even make them ill. They simply disseminated it.
