US egg prices crash 86% since March highs — why is the egg rate plunging so fast, and should Americans expect cheaper grocery shelves ahead?

Economic Times ^ | 10/18/25 | Piyush Shukla ,

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Grain fed to hen house birds is not their natural diet.

Yeah. It is.

If you want them to lay eggs in any quantity.

The birds that chickens were bred from only produce eggs when there is an abundance of seeds(grain). When there are no seeds they do not lay eggs.

Your pasture raised chickens were fed lots of grain, they are just allowed to run around outside for a bit and eat other things as well.

[marktwain]

Some Freeper raises chickens that way, says the birds eat bugs and worms, lizards and even a frog. Grain fed to hen house birds is not their natural diet.

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If you want to see a backyard real-life “horror show”, scare out or release a live mouse among a flock of chickens.

It is like watching a minature “Jurrasic Park” with no happy ending for the mouse.

[yuleeyahoo]

True and it takes about six months for new egg layers to come online. Prices should be stabilizing soon.

[moviefan8]

It won’t be cheaper. Nothing really never goes down.

[logi_cal869]

Biden Admin arguably went a little overboard with forcing more kills than necessary.

Understatement of the millennium.

[dforest]

Biden was murdering all the chickens. Many eggs had to become chickens to drive prices back down.

[StAnDeliver]

Great explanation. Interestingly for a good while, the eggs from the localvore farmers at the farmer’s market were cheaper than the chains. Beautiful orange yolks. But went back to Eggland’s the moment Sam’s Club 18-count dropped back under 6 bux.

[caver]

Paid $1.99/18 eggs last week at Krogers.

[wally_bert]

I didn’t learn much from The Chicken Of Tomorrow.

https://youtu.be/1G0stojwYjI?si=7KttdO9dQO94aX6q

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The farmers market people were not having their laying hens taken and destroyed. There was a major uptick in the price of feed which made the price go up slightly but not enough to make a big impact.

JMHO but people should continue to buy say a quarter of their eggs from the small suppliers. It keeps them in business and a back up system, even a small one is very useful.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yes.

We are sure.

[Mean Daddy]

Egg prices skyrocketed because millions of birds were killed off due to bird flu. Biden Admin arguably went a little overboard with forcing more kills than necessary.

And it doesn't take long to create a generation of egg layers, just 6-8 months. During COVID, my BIL was driving a rendering truck and Iowa farmers were killing tens of thousands of pigs. Unlike cattle, processors want a certain size pig, plus they need to be in containment & expensive feed. Cows can stay outside & sustained on grass & hay.

[Organic Panic]

Is every urinalist as stupid as they seem?

Never mind.

[jmaroneps37]

$2.72 for eggs and also $2.72 for whole milk yesterday South Florida Aldi.

[SunkenCiv]

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