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Eggs US – Price – Chart

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643 points throwaway5752 | 1 comments | 05 Feb 25 16:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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mcv ◴[05 Feb 25 16:59 UTC] No.42951481[source]▶
What's going on with eggs in the US? The whole world had high inflation after Covid, so that's not US-specific, but eggs tripling in price? That is extreme. I don't think my (Dutch, free-range organic) eggs went up more than 25%.
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bluedino ◴[05 Feb 25 17:01 UTC] No.42951520[source]▶
Meanwhile, chicken prices haven't increased at KFC, Hooters, or Popeyes.
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1. ars ◴[05 Feb 25 17:12 UTC] No.42951738[source]▶
That's because chickens raised for meat don't live long enough to be affected.

A second reason is because chickens get sick by contact with wild bids, due to free range laws for egg laying chickens.

Meat chickens don't go outside, they are kept in large barns, although without the pens and egg collection of their egg laying sisters. So they are not affected.