💡 THE MORE YOU KNOW: BIRD FLU & THE EGG SHORTAGE 🥚🚨🔴

What’s Happening?

A massive bird flu outbreak has killed tens of millions of egg-laying hens, leading to a nationwide egg shortage and soaring prices.🐔

How Does Bird Flu Affect Chickens?

• Causes breathing issues, swelling, paralysis, and sudden death

• Highly contagious, wiping out entire flocks within days

• Surviving hens stop laying eggs or produce weak, unusable ones📉

Why Are Eggs So Hard to Find?

Farmers have culled millions of infected or at-risk hensFewer hens = fewer eggs hitting grocery storesMany stores are now limiting egg purchases💰

Why Are Egg Prices So High?

• Demand is the same, but supply is way down

• Farmers need time to raise new hens (months before they lay eggs!)

• Costs of feed, labor, and transportation have also risen⏳

When Will It Get Better?

Experts say it could take months to rebuild flocks, so expect high prices and shortages for now.