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?
That is a good guess see #48. Possible Lycine deficiency.
Also consider endocrine disrupters.
Find out what's hormone disrupters are inside the food, and where (what country) they come from.
(Soonish might be a good idea.)
Solution: buy your feed from your nayborly farmer.
These people are smart. Diabolical, but smart, in the way they have introduced variability in the process for “Plausible Deniability”. Which explains why some Bags of Feed Do not cause the issue. Similar to the vaccine process
Dam strait! If the cluckers are barren, what about our women?
The two blue Jays who think they own the property, demand peanuts, as I have no fat, juicy insects around.
Nothing tastes the same anymore. Eggs are different, chicken is different, beef has little flavor. Are we being primed to accept “alternate” sources of protein?
The building was a remnant from a mink farm. This guy was overfed, as was his cat, and all of the other animals. I’d have thought he would invest in a BB gun, just for the entertainment. A couple of drowning traps could have cut the population pretty quickly. Too much like effort, I guess.
Yeah...tik tok. The people that had to be told not to kiss their 🐓 chickens. .
I always bought my feed from my local co-op. Made on site.
I probably was told that but I would have been very young. I remember candling eggs at my grandfather’s farm.
You are mostly wrong.
Chickens eat bugs yes and can even live on them but need grain if they are going to lay eggs.
It was one brand of layer feed
Not enough proteins
Back 20 years ago Poulin feeds had a feed problem with layer feed and the flocks died.
Add proteins and lengthen the lights timers.
they do have to be lit up and have lighting extended. I think a total of 18 hours. IIRC
Yes, we did that when I was young too because we had Roosters in with our hens. Since at this time we are only wanting eggs we don’t have a Rooster. But if the price of Chicken goes up we will get one and also start raising meat in a separate pen away from the laying hens. :)
You must have the long Covid effects of loss of smell and taste. So even cardboard can taste and smell like beef patties, if you cut it in a circle and slap on some condiments.
Corn is likely GMO, especially if commercial feed.
or RoundUp. not your friend
not this shite again ...
free range chickens generally don’t lay eggs in the winter because there’s not enough sunlight to stimulate the ovary to release a yolk ... i personally know a few free range backyard egg producers and they lament that they don’t get eggs in the winter ... commercial growers (and even small householders) compensate for that with controlled lighting in their hen houses ...
One of the major reasons for the shortage of commercial eggs was an outbreak of the bird flu (avian influenza), which is a very contagious and deadly virus. While this outbreak occurred over a year ago, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, it has affected more than 57 million birds in both commercial and backyard flocks.
Also, in California, newly enacted laws designed to ensure the humane treatment of egg-laying birds are also a factor. californians are paying triple the average price as the rest of the nation ...
I am wondering the same
I saw an interview tonight on Tucker Carlson with a chicken farmer. He explained about egg laying decreases in the winter, but he said this has been going on for over a year.
He switched feeds and everything is back to expected levels.
a friend in Idaho says she’s pating over $8.00 a dozen.
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Eggs in Minneapolis were at $3.85 down from $4.99 last week. I suppose the middlemen got wind of the people’s ire.
I have had luck with lights coming on two hours before sun up and then off two hours after sun down. The lights are on timers that may need an adjustment as the sunrise/sunset time changes.
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