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.

A customer shops for eggs at a grocery store on March 12 in Chicago. Wholesale egg prices are going down, but it could take several days before grocery prices follow suit.

The average cost of a dozen Grade A large eggs was $3.65 in November, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's up from $2.50 at the beginning of the year.

Egg prices have risen due to a bird flu outbreak. Courtney Hergesheimer/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images. Kate Perz, the animal science coordinator for Cornell Cooperative ...

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The average price for a dozen Grade A eggs declined to $5.12 last month after reaching a record $6.23 in March. It was the first month-to-month drop in egg prices since October 2024.

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The egg supplier is still operating out of its facilities in Maricopa and Grand Junction, Colorado, where it has about 300,000 birds each. But Hickman's has lost roughly 6 million hens .