The surge in egg prices is the ongoing bird flu outbreak, which has decimated poultry stocks at farms across the country—more than 111 million birds—mostly egg-laying hens—were infected or ...

The virus led to the culling of 13.2 million commercial egg-laying hens in December alone, with total bird losses nearing 145 million since the outbreak began in 2022.

Nationwide, egg farmers lost more than 38 million birds to the flu last year — nearly 14 million in December alone. That's put a crack in the nation's egg supply, which shows no sign of easing ...

America’s egg producers are making record profits while receiving tens of millions of dollars from taxpayers via the USDA for bird-flu related culls, The Post has learned. Cal-Maine, the country ...

A once-extinct bird has laid eggs in the wild for the first time in nearly 40 years. After returning to the wild in 2024, the endangered Sihek bird is now laying wild eggs in its new Hawaii home.

STUNG by the rocketing price of eggs – and US supermarkets rationing a basic breakfast staple – Kim Yong-mi decided to get ...