There have also been egg shortages in recent months, mainly due to bird flu outbreaks that killed millions of commercial egg-laying hens in December alone, according to the USDA.

on Jan. 29, 2025. (Sarah Penny via AP). A selection of eggs from a backyard flock appear in Decatur, Georgia, on Nov. 20, 2018. More people are considering backyard chickens as the price of commercial ...

Egg prices have soared in recent months due to a breakout of avian influenza, or bird flu, in the U.S. More than 14 million birds from commercial flocks nationwide have been lost as of January ...

Courtney Hergesheimer/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Costs might go well beyond the nationwide average of $4.15 a dozen that commercial eggs sold for in December.

Costs might go well beyond the nationwide average of $4.15 a dozen that commercial eggs sold for in December. “Anyone who’s done an ounce of research will very quickly understand that there ...

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Sarah Penny holds Phoenix, one of the chickens she keeps in her yard in Knoxville, Tenn., on Jan. 29, 2025. (Sarah Penny via AP).

with the latest in a commercial broiler flock in Johnson County in December. Dennis said that farm had about 214,000 birds. Egg-laying bird flock is down Nebraska, Dennis said, is a small player ...

Costs might go well beyond the nationwide average of $4.15 a dozen that commercial eggs sold for in December.