Egg-laying chickens tend to be older and therefore more vulnerable to bird flu. They don't start laying eggs until they're 18 weeks old; if a flock of layers is wiped out, it takes at least six ...

Have you recently entered your local grocery store on the hunt for eggs, only to find they're noticeably more expensive − if you can find them at all? It's not just your local shop. In fact, egg ...

Last year, bird flu killed more than 40 million egg-laying birds. Including ducks and chickens, 148 million birds have been ordered euthanized since H5N1 began spreading around the U.S. in 2022.

Millions of egg-laying hens have been lost due to the bird flu, causing egg production to slow and prices to skyrocket. Here’s what to know about whether eggs are safe to eat — and what to try ...

Rising egg prices and shortages were already on the minds of consumers as a bird flu outbreak in the U.S. caused the product price to skyrocket and supplies to be tight starting in 2022.

In late December, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that 128,907,392 wild aquatic birds, commercial poultry, ... making eggs both expensive and harder to find.

How bird flu is affecting egg supply and prices The highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, outbreak is the most obvious reason for the country's egg problem. The outbreak strain, H5N1 ...