Yikes! The price of eggs!
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Anonymous
| My Safeway had no eggs at all a couple of days ago. |
Anonymous
| Pretty sure I just bought a dozen eggs at Whole Foods for 4.99. Baltimore suburbs. |
Anonymous
2.99 at Trader Joe’s. Maybe you all are shopping at the wrong stores |
Anonymous
My Trader Joe’s has been out of eggs for weeks. They probably have some right at opening, but I haven’t been lucky enough to get any. They have also been out of the hardboiled ones in a bag. |
Anonymous
Wouldn't buying and caring for chickens cost more than $$$$? |
Anonymous
If you think you can save money on eggs by raising chickens, you don't have the sense God gave a turnip. |
Anonymous
| BJ's doesn't even have eggs! Not a lot of chicken at Harris Teeter either. |
Anonymous
| $4.69 on Fresh Direct. |
Anonymous
As a geneticist, I'd clamp down on that right now (and I've love a coop myself). There have been 11 outbreaks of bird flu in Montgomery County recently from backyard chicken coops. Our concern is that, just like with Covid-19, this avian virus will jump the species barrier given enough opportunities. This is exactly how zoonotic transmission works: by rolling the dice enough times when people start living in close proximity to animals that are viral reservoirs. Most zoonotic events happen in Asia, where human habitation and habits keep them in close contact with wildlife. But given the prevalence of H5N1 in our country, and in backyard poultry, it's not out of the question that the same thing could happen here. There have already been sporadic cases in humans, leading to one death last month in Louisiana. H5N1 has not yet mutated such that it is capable of efficient human to human transmission, like Covid-19 - but it might, if there's enough opportunity. So... nix the coop for now, please. |
Anonymous
| I’d love to keep chickens but we have plenty of foxes in the neighborhood. |
Anonymous
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U.S. consumer price index for eggs
https://ycharts.com/indicators/us_consumer_price_index_eggs Eggs are up 37% since last year, and up 3.6% since last month. Next update to the index is mid Feb. Eggs are more expensive today than yesterday. They will continue to go up. |
Anonymous
It will eventually. |
Anonymous
| I get them through my CSA. Shrug. |
Anonymous
| $4.99 Trader Joes' organic dozen |
Anonymous
Have you been hiding in your basement? Eggs have been really expensive for a while now not just two week. SMH. |