Where are all the eggs? Avian flu and suspicious fires in USA but nothing seems to be on the news about local stuff.
Egg Shortage 2023
Spets on 30/01/2023 - 16:27
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If you live in a metropolitan area there are local farmers markets. I would be asking around there.
Also eggs keep for a very long time. You could probably buy a large quantity a use them over a period of months?
Also eggs keep for a very long time. You could probably buy a large quantity a use them over a period of months?
@[Deactivated]: 6 weeks is a pretty long time. I think youll find that they probably stay good beyond their expiration date if refrigerated. YMMV.
generally 6 weeks at the same temperature
Get the free range 24 egg box for 15 at Woolies, easy… well ateast in SA
Hmm, didn't notice a shortage on eggs, we consume 6 cartons of eggs per week (15 eggs each).
Do you AOE all the eggs or do you just bubble and run in?
This is what happens when we rely on large corporations to provide the majority of our eggs, meat, vegetables because we want cheaper and cheaper produce kill off competition from a varied group of farmers.
When there's severe weather event or issue with the produce plant. We are left with forced shortages and price hikes that never go back down, because there's no competition. And they figure if people are happy to pay $7 for a bag of chips why not keep it that way.
Did we forget that we can buy directly from farmers? From what I understand there's no issues with farmers, and you're supporting small businesses buying direct. Hell support your neighbourhood chook owners selling eggs, jump on Facebook Marketplace and you will likely see a few of them.
With all of these shortages, I'm starting to believe it's a round-table discussion between the big boys at Coles, Woolworths etc on what product they should claim is in short supply so they can make more $$$$
We invested in a small flock of chickens back in the covid days from the egg shortages. They're fantastic to have for a number of reasons:
- Free eggs (obviously)
- Less food waste as they'll eat pretty much anything you can't (must research what they can and can't eat thought)
- Kids love them and they're super docile as well so no risk to kids
- Great lesson of the lifecycle of a chicken for the kids homeschooling
- They're quite dumb which makes for some incredibly funny moments when they get into awkward situations
- Surplus eggs can be sold which helps with the egg shortage and helps with the cost of feed, amenities, etc.
If you can care for them (when they lay and when they're too old to lay), are allowed to have them and don't mind having a few as they're social and you need more than 1 then they're great to have.
Do you have a list of what they can and not eat? Saw some conflicting things like don't feed garlic or garlic is okay or garlic is only okay for when they're sick
Hey, sorry for the slow reply. We mostly just check it on the day by asking google. So far the only things we won't give them are things like chocolate, avocado skin / seed and beans (this one was surpising to learn). Some things are ok in moderation only like onions and avocado flesh so we use them as treats. If I can't find a definitive answer, I'll jump on forums like backyardchickens to see others experience.
Our flock eat garlic, it's not super high on their list of interests but they'll happily eat a clove or two - no health issues from that and we've been offering it here and there for the past year and a bit.
Some of our flock's faves are egg shell, tomatoes, jalapeno, apple, carrot, strawberries, spinach and the occasional leftover orange.
The government is hoarding them so they can artificially inflate prices, claim “inflation”, then drive up interest rates, forcing the peasants to sell their houses to the governments rich mates at massive losses. /s
So you got the hen, the chicken and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So, who's having sex with the hen?
Let me ask Pornhub
Something's missing!
They're all chickens. The rooster has sex with all of them.
Only roosters that are gay, since hens and roosters are chickens like females and males are humans.
I think the shortage is over. Haven't had issues buying it.
Interesting that the switch to free-range is partly causing it.. however, in the interest of animal welfare, I'm all for banning caged chickens even if it means paying a little more or it being harder to find.
So… this brings us to the dilemma. Which comes first - chicken or egg?
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If you stand on a rural street corner looking like a hay bale there will be several that find you fairly quickly