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?
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I also threatened mine. Told them I would make wings and picken chicken. I didn’t suspect the food and only bought it cause it was a few bucks cheaper. It was odd.
The chickens are holding out for $10 a dozen to cash in...
I eat two dozen a week...
Just hire Frankie and Bing.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8gi1th
BioTech has your cure, you just need their ‘better’ chickens.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2230617-crispr-edited-chickens-made-resistant-to-a-common-virus/#:~:text=CRISPR%20genome%20editing%20has%20been,avian%20leukosis%20virus%20(ALV).
Chickens always slow or stop their egg laying when the days become short. This is not new.
Of all the grain I know to avoid, corn is at the top of the list (way too much omega 6). (Wheat is not your friend either, but that's for a different thread.)
As I can, I also avoid GMO Frankenstein foods, including modified grains.
Might the hens have been fed GMO garbage, and could that affect their endocrine systems?
You think eggs are expensive ... wait until you fertilize one
notice some call it chicken feed, some call it chicken food.
Most likely...the folks they interview don’t sound too bright.
This is the same protocol my wife follows. The ladies are still laying.
I have noticed the same. DuMOR from TSC. I have switched to a feed made locally a few days ago and it is two soon to say but I had twice as many eggs today.
Whatever is happening to my layers is not the same as their normal winter, post molt slowdown. I use a coop light to add a few extra hours, they are free range + feed + mealworms. I’ve been raising chickens for 12 years.
It’s possible.
Anything is these days.
However, it is also winter and the days are shorter and chickens always let up on egg laying for a few months in winter.
They will eat anything you put in front of them except bones and some veggie rinds/skins. Although I am not positive they eat onions though. Growing up, all the table scraps went into the chicken pen, especially eggshells.
I was sorry to hear this, as I like Tractor Supply, and buy regularly, but I don't have chickens.
I'm broke, I just paid $5.99 for a dozen eggs.
From China?
LOL, thanks for the chuckle my good FRiend.
My chickens have been virtually shut down in Egg Production since October.
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