Why is there an egg shortage?
Egg shortage caused by several factors...problems in Mexico and Canada that have decimated supply in those countries. High prices in beef have moved consumers to poultry and there has been continued consolidation of poultry producers. All of those factors have led to a case of high demand and not enough capacity.
If they can keep the bird flu from hopping the border into WA and MN....where there are two large poultry companies ...expectation is that pricing should moderate before spring
Chickens are shy and clench up if anybody is around watching while they're trying to lay, and with the new 24/7 surveillance society and facebook...