Karoline Leavitt stated on January 28,...The U.S. has an egg shortage because the “Biden administration and the Department of Agriculture directed the mass killing of more than 100 million chickens.”[...] We rate it Half True. [See Comment]

The Poynter Institute ^ | January 30, 2025 | Jeff Cercone

[NorthMountain]

I find their lack of testosterone ... disturbing. And I see at least one who is almost certainly queer.

[daniel1212]

The price is not a huge difference but still I eat 6 eggs a day. So my cost in the last four years is up $2.40 a day for smaller eggs. To others who can not afford it that is horrendous. I only spend about $75 a week to feed myself. I get beef from a local farmer at about $4.00 a pound. I eat a lot of beef eggs and cheese.

72 eggs a week. Plus a lot of beef and cheese. You must have a much larger frame than me!

[redgolum]

The high concentration method of farming livestock will end.

You can’t have that many animals that close together and be surprised this happens.

[Valpal1]

It’s possible the layers are processed for consumption, don’t really know if there are rules against it, although it’s probably into processed precooked products.

Also meat chickens are different breedlines than laying hens, so maybe have more resistance. Backyard flocks also seem to be healthier and more resistant.

[generally]

You could be right.

Just a guess.

But very little surprises me these days.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

No farmer here, but are chickens raised for egg production kept totally separate from those raised for meat?

Yes.

Egg farmers and meat chicken farmers are two different groups raising two very different types of chickens in two totally different ways.

[rottweiller_inc]

They could be containing the flocks and waiting to see which chickens are naturally immune, breed the immune birds and end up with an immune flock. But the government is killing all of the birds, including the naturally immune ones.

[logi_cal869]

I was in a chain grocery Friday and noticed that a dozen GENERIC eggs was priced at $4.85...and each additional dozen was >$9.00.

It was enough to anger me beyond belief, renewed as I grabbed my eggs for breakfast this morning. I penned this email to a local radio station not long after.

I did the deep dive a couple of weeks ago and found that feds/states are taking a "presumptive positive" case of HPAI (highly pathogenic avian influenza, aka H5N1) in a chicken flock, drawing a 3km circle on a map and culling - "Preemptive depopulation" - ALL chickens in that circle...

..."depopulation" aka "Stamping out"...

...while simultaneously displaying on the website that "infected chicken meat & eggs are safe for human consumption" and crowing about "chicken vaccines," telling workers to take "biosecurity measures" to stop a threat which comes from OVERHEAD (wild birds)...aka, "stop the spread."

"Preemptive depopulation of poultry on other premises in the Infected Zone (typically 3 kilometers around the index case, also known as the Infected Premises) may also be authorized."

"When properly prepared and cooked, HPAI does not affect meat or egg products, and these food items remain safe."

Worse, the CDC is still operating under the aegis of 'climate change' lunacy with their "One Health" approach:

https://www.cdc.gov/one-health/about/index.html

"The earth has experienced changes in climate and land use, such as deforestation and intensive farming practices. Disruptions in environmental conditions and habitats can provide new opportunities for diseases to pass to animals."

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/default/files/depopulationpolicy.pdf

The irony is that the so-called vaccinations and culling are failing to protect the flocks, making them more vulnerable to infection, no different than humans and covid.

This is an economic assault upon Americans by a government still 'infected' by Big Pharma.

THAT's our egg "crisis." Now they're pushing it to livestock & dairy cows.

But don't take my word for it: Go look for yourself.

[jimpick]

35-42 eggs plus about 7 pounds of beef a couple pounds of cheese. That is pretty much what I eat every day added up. Then on top of that I could eat a couple beef hot dogs a day or chicken breasts. I cant eat most grains and veggies. Beans are also not good for me. I will eat some fruit but limit it because of the sugars.

I weigh about 180 and am on the lean side but I am very active. Lots of muscle from work. 6 eggs is only 420 calories and a pound of beef 85/15 is 975 calories. the cheese is a couple hundred more calories. Two grilled chicken breast another 600 calories. That is a days food most days for me. it is about 22-2500 calories. I don’t eat a lot of processed foods. So the calories are not to high.

[daniel1212]

I weigh about 180 and am on the lean side but I am very active. Lots of muscle from work.

That is a key factor, plus perhaps a fast metabolism(?).

At 72 and about 5'4'' and 128 lbs, and with a rather slow metabolism (get cold easily), then in the winter in NE I do not eat much due to far less activity than in warn weather, when I am usually active outside.

By the grace of God. I have only seen a doctor once for an issue in about the last 45 years (piece of rust from exhaust system got stuck in my eye, which I likely could have taken out myself, but a church member insisted on taking me to an eye doc).

Thank God for good health, who in Christ also provides for salvation of the soul as most important.

[nuconvert]

Maybe they are? But if 90% are dying from it, that’s an awful lot of chickens for 10% to have to replace.

[crusty old prospector]

My cousin used to raise layers and I believe he said his chicken houses had around 50,000 birds in them.

[gitmo]

That’s just like abortion. Preemptive death penalty.

[logi_cal869]

;-)

[ransomnote]

Yikes! WRONG THREAD! THANK YOU!

[logi_cal869]

I didn’t even notice until now.

[logi_cal869]

Which thread did you intend?

[logi_cal869]

Since Feb. 8, 2022, when the virus was detected in a commercial flock, more than 147 million birds, including chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese, have died, the USDA said.

Lies like that are par for the course for these folks, government & 'fact-checkers' alike.

Great job summing it up in the comment. GREAT POST!!!