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Egg Prices vs Chicken Meat prices
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:37 am
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:37 am
Experts of the OT - if egg prices are going up because of bird flu and they have to slaughter all the chickens, why aren' t chicken meat prices impacted?
looking at commodity prices - egg prices are up 275% while chicken breast prices are flat to lower
looking at commodity prices - egg prices are up 275% while chicken breast prices are flat to lower
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Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:40 am to hubreb
Meat chickens go from egg to the cooler in under 8 weeks.
Egg producing chickens take 4-5 months before they start laying.
Egg producing chickens take 4-5 months before they start laying.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:41 am to hubreb
They had to slaughtered the hens not the broilers.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:41 am to hubreb
SMH
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:43 am to CHEDBALLZ
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Meat chickens go from egg to the cooler in under 8 weeks.
interesting - those are some fast growing chickens
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:43 am to hubreb
because you can't make a cake with chicken meat.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:43 am to tigerdup07
Egg prices here haven't gone up. (east Tennessee)
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:46 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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SMH
I am dying here.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:46 am to TT9
I just paid $27 for 60 eggs. They most definitely have gone up in my area. Used to be about $7.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:49 am to hubreb
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interesting - those are some fast growing chickens
Yes, they are bred to be that way.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:49 am to hubreb
You think they are allowed to package and sell bird flu infected chicken if they make them kill them because they are infected?
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:53 am to hubreb
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Experts of the OT - if egg prices are going up because of bird flu and they have to slaughter all the chickens, why aren' t chicken meat prices impacted?
looking at commodity prices - egg prices are up 275% while chicken breast prices are flat to lower
They are putting the birds down on the farms and then buried. It is very dangerous to load up these birds and truck them to a processing plant. It amplifies the chance of spreading the flu (going by other farms and then contaminating the processing plant). So the meat was lost and it takes a while to replace laying hens.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:55 am to CHEDBALLZ
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Meat chickens go from egg to the cooler in under 8 weeks.
Egg producing chickens take 4-5 months before they start laying.
great additional context on the first response.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:57 am to hubreb
Layer flocks have been impacted significantly more than broilers. There are egg laying flocks with millions of birds needing to be culled. Broiler operations have more turnover with supply and don’t reach the size of egg laying flocks.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:57 am to UptownJoeBrown
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You think they are allowed to package and sell bird flu infected chicken if they make them kill them because they are infected?
Are we sure they aren't? As soon as they detect the bird flu they kill the entire flock to make sure they contain it. After they kill them, could they individually test them and package the ones that test negative for the flu?
Posted on 2/14/25 at 9:57 am to hubreb
It’s about housing concentration. For egg chickens, most of the housing is consolidated. So when AI hits it, it takes out a shite ton of birds.
Broiler housing and the upstream bird housing is much less consolidated and more spread out. There are other geographical factors as well i believe with migration patterns.
Broiler housing and the upstream bird housing is much less consolidated and more spread out. There are other geographical factors as well i believe with migration patterns.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 10:00 am to Weekend Warrior79
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Are we sure they aren't? As soon as they detect the bird flu they kill the entire flock to make sure they contain it. After they kill them, could they individually test them and package the ones that test negative for the flu?
Absolutely not. USDA will not allow a dead chicken to be processed at a plant. They have to be alive when they are delivered to the plant.
Posted on 2/14/25 at 10:10 am to hubreb
Breakfast — the most expensive meal of the day
Posted on 2/14/25 at 10:58 am to TigerintheNO
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They had to slaughtered the hens not the broilers.
So who's having sex with the hens?
Posted on 2/14/25 at 11:43 am to hawgndodge
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60 eggs.
For fukks sake, you probably still have Toilet paper that you hoarded during covid
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