That's $3 for 15 eggs. Sadly not free-range, only cage-free.
Not sure if this is the best community for this post, does anyone have a better suggestion?
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2025
270 points (93.5% liked)
Funny
7573 readers
622 users here now
General rules:
- Be kind.
- All posts must make an attempt to be funny.
- Obey the general sh.itjust.works instance rules.
- No politics or political figures. There are plenty of other politics communities to choose from.
- Don't post anything grotesque or potentially illegal. Examples include pornography, gore, animal cruelty, inappropriate jokes involving kids, etc.
Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
It's weird, there is no reason for eggs to be expensive. Eggs are ultra cheap to manufacture. You can do that anywhere and just need some kind of food because they can eat a lot of different things. It doesn't need precious metals or rare earth or patents or import raw materials - any country can just produce chickens and eggs easily.
So egg prices skyrocketing is either a fundamental dysfunction in a countries economy. Or maybe a political move to influence an election.
Chickens do have vitamin, mineral, and macronutrient requirements to maintain health, produce eggs, and produce the next generation of healthy chicks. So it's not just "anything" in that sense. Some areas couldn't support sustained, particularly large-scale, flocks with only inputs from the local environment. That said, they're not too finicky.
Secondarily, whole flocks, commerical and backyard, are being culled to attempt to contain avian influenza. One human recently died after getting it (they had a backyard flock and also other health problems).
well, losing tens of millions of hens to bird flu is bound to make a dent in the supply side of the supply/demand balance.