Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "Egg prices soar as shortage linked to deadly virus" video.

  1. A vaccine, against avian flu and Newcastle's disease exists, but is not used because 1. it prevents antigenic surveillance, and 2. it is rather expensive.
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  2. I just checked my local Fred Meyer's (Kroger) and white AA large eggs are $2.29 a dozen. Of course, you pay more for humanely treated chicken eggs.
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  3.  @HavocParadox  Some people don't enjoy the smell of chicken feces. Also, what happens when your hens stop laying? Have you ever had to kill, pluck and butcher a chicken. I have, and have no desire to repeat the experience.
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  4. Fred Meyer has them for $2.29/doz, if you're willing to buy willing to buy factory farmed white eggs.
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  5. Songbirds, from sparrows to robins to crows, do not carry avian influenza. Unless you have a lot of ducks, cranes, or similar birds, flying over, that is not a problem.
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  6. It's not just many hens have died. It's also that feed prices have gone up drastically. There is a war in Ukraine, that has resulted in Ukrainian and Russian grain being unavailable. The US and Canada still produce a lot of grain, but grain shortages result in increased grain prices. If those producing eggs have to pay more, to produce those eggs, egg prices rise.
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  7. Where will you keep it? And don't forget that feed costs have also risen.
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  8. Is Biden also to blame for the avian influenza, that spread from Europe to Israel? I think you're "sock" in the head.
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  9. Feed prices have also increased.
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  10. The price of flour has already more than doubled. That's going to have more to do with rising baked goods prices.
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  11. But, the fact humanely raised, cage free chickens, have died at the same rate, puts lie to your statement.
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  12. $2.29/doz at mine.
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