If this bird flu is so terrible how come there isnt any shortage on chicken..you can go to any store and see plenty of chicken to buy
I got jumbo brown eggs this morning for $5.09 in a secret place in Central Alabama.
Broilers are slaughtered at 8-10 weeks. Layers aren’t. The virus doesn’t really get a chance in broiler flocks. Also different breed attributes, broilers may be less suseptible.
I have a theory that the culling protocol is reversing “survival of the fittest” hardiness in the breedline since there are no flu sresitant survivors to breed from.
Meat chickens are slaughtered much sooner in their life cycle than layers. Laying hens are kept around twice as long, so more time to contract the disease.
Plenty of chicken here and recently pasture-raised eggs. Trader Joe always had them, though they sold out by noon. Now Natural Grocer has them back, 35 cents per dozen than they were before and Safeway has them too for almost $10.
I bought some at Natural Grocer yesterday, just enjoyed 2 poached eggs on avocado toast. Yum.