LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Today’s Good Question is: Why is bird flu raising the price of eggs but not chicken? The simplest answer is that the chickens we eat don’t live as long. The birds that are ...
If you adore feathered creatures, attracting a variety of birds to your yard might sound like pure bliss. But what if you discover one of their eggs on the ground? A lot of us have the natural ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Egg prices are soaring as the bird flew outbreak continues to worsen — causing egg shortages. A highly transmissible and fatal ...
While most birds carefully nurture and protect their young, some species have evolved a more unconventional approach. Known as "brood parasites," these birds lay their eggs in the nests of other ...
Vaccines could be a key means of suppressing bird flu and avoiding the slaughter of millions of chickens, which is blamed for egg prices averaging nearly $6 a dozen. But the move has been delayed in ...
With the recent egg shortages and price increases in grocery stores because of bird flu, you might be looking at your neighbor's chicken flock with envy or considering going to a local farm. We know ...
The 2025 egg shortage is due to a combination of inflation and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The average price of a dozen eggs in January 2025 was $4.95, a significant increase from ...
American farmers and those in the agricultural business continue to reel over the spread of H5N1 bird flu, which apparently shows no sign of slowing to "disaster" status. "The real crisis is that ...