Posted on 01/30/2023 2:40:36 PM PST by EBH
What exactly is causing the egg shortage? Many people are reporting that there are issues with the commercial chicken feed, speculating that it has even prevented their hens from laying eggs.
The rising egg prices in America have affected millions of homes. The cost of eggs in California has risen 550% in the last month, going from roughly $1.34 a dozen to $7.37. The state blamed it on an outbreak of bird flu, but others are not so convinced. In fact, several people have come out to say that their chickens did not produce eggs for months – until they changed their feed.
One man (@urbanchickenfarmer) uploaded a video on TikTok and theorized that something must be wrong with the feed. "Something is wrong with the chicken food we're buying, seriously," he said. "My chickens have not laid an egg since July, and nothing's changed. Then I was thinking, maybe it's because my chickens getting older, or maybe it's a bad winter. But, according to a lot of people on TikTok, they're having the same exact problem. And people are saying once they switched the food, their chickens are starting to lay again."
He continued, "So I'm gonna switch their food, and we'll see. Maybe something's wrong with the food, and was it intentional?"
The TikToker recently uploaded an update after switching his feed, explaining that one of his chickens has started "laying like crazy," but the rest of them haven't yet. However, he believes that they're doing okay and "things are improving."
@thehotmesshomestead was going through the same problem, and she was determined to find answers. "Is the commercial feed the reason so many people's chickens have not been laying at all?" she asked. "This is a question that I am asking myself, and I have seen all over TikTok, Facebook, everywhere." She then talks about the many posts on social media of chicken owners discussing how they ditched the commercial feed (specifically the brand known as "Producer's Pride") in order to get eggs.
@twosailorspotrero responded to the video above on January 14. "So, my chickens have not laid since, I wanna say, July 22. And I just switched their feed a week ago, and for the first time since July last year, I got eggs. It is the feed. It is definitely the feed," she repeated.
A woman from the Twitter clip below seemed to echo these findings by explaining how she got eggs after making the switch to goat feed. "I have to say, there's something to this," she said. "If I have to put my little tin foil hat on. It's kinda weird."
The government is telling us that the egg shortage is due to avian influenza – is it possible it's the chicken feed instead?
Biological warfare. Again.
When in doubt, it’s extra terrestrial aliens. LOL
Gee, Does the Yegg Man, Billy Blue Screen own “Producers Pride?”
Hormone blockers.
Made in China? mRNA-laced chicken feed?
I have heard some reports of this, it needs more investigation to determine cause and coincidence.
Bird flu, bad feed, and now the third egg farm in the last year burns to the ground. 100,000 hens lost, not to mention the infrastructure.
I don’t eat eggs at home, so it’s not bothering me, but a friend in Idaho says she’s pating over $8.00 a dozen.
Another egg supplier went down over the past weekend; the main reason eggs are $8/doz. Here's a list I found, of almost a hundred food supply facilities going down.
Just drive around your neighborhood and look for the eggs for sale signs. Many people put them in front of their driveways for $5 or $6 a dozen. Usually in a cooler with an "honor system" cashbox nearby.
Most people with a chicken coop in their backyard produce too many eggs for personal use and so are happy to put them out front to make a little bit of cash. You just have to keep an eye out for the signs.
The chickens can’t believe their eggs are selling for $6 a dozen but they’re getting the same of feed.
Eggs are a big staple in my diet...for the protein first and every vitamin we need. If you’re not eating eggs...you’re missing out. And if you’re not eating them with a couple of slices of bacon occasionally...and/or home fries....you’re really missing out.
And the roosters think they should be getting time and a half.
Phizer?
This would be easy to test. Divide the cluckers into groups and food test them.
I recently talked to someone about the whole corn which has increased percentage wise in wild bird seed mix.
The local wildlife won’t eat it.
Egg laying ceased suddenly due to safe and effective feed
I wonder if some are new chicken owners that don’t know chickens slow down production in the winter.
When store bought eggs come back down and have no shortages I would be very wary of buying said eggs. No way I will.
So?
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