Eggs are expensive. Have you changed your breakfast because of it? What are you eating?

[gbflyer]

We have a lot of community members with laying hens because they like to do their own thing. When you have to pay $80 for a sack of chicken feed it really doesn’t matter what eggs cost in the store.

 

[BigredRusch]

Hot Take! - skip breakfast and fast until lunch then eat some meat and veggies.

The price of eggs is irrelevant.

 

[dylanvb]

I have overnight oats through the week nothing crazy but the wife and kid were having eggs almost daily but we have switched to duck eggs from our neighbor and I will be getting chickens this year. Have been wanting to get them for the past 3 years but something has come up every year taking priority.

 

[wind gypsy]

I’d like to ask for a favor. Post the Rogan podcast from today on the current events/politics/echo chamber on tbh. Most of those guys need to hear it. And if they search back in the archives, they will see Ole Dapper was telling them all of this 4 years ago….

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[Tradchef]

I have raised my own for 30 years. I use them for my business and give them to my neighbors. I was selling in Bozeman for a good bit until about 4 months ago. I had a lady complain to me that $8/doz delivered to your door for no soy, no corn, non GMO pastured ranged eggs was just way too much. Said she could get them for 12.99/doz at Whole Foods. I said I don't understand your math but ok. Also seeing people with brand new trucks, million plus dollar homes and all the toys, hunting trips, vacations and so on bitch about egg prices. Pretty outstanding. Craigslist usually has plenty of folks selling local eggs cheap, Winco has cheap eggs if you are on a budget and so does Costco. My vote and always is to buy local and establish relationships with local farmers and growers. It makes a big difference when stuff happens. As with anything where stores can gouge you they will. And yes, isn't it amazing it's just chickens that seem to get this? But again, wait until all commodity meat birds and egg layers that go through the system will be mandatory vaxxed with the mRNA vaccine for it. If you guys ever get bored and want to look more into this stuff look at some of Joel Salatins older and current information.
Ive been in the food industry all of my career and the USDA and FDA are a complete shit show and continue be that way. The more you can learn how to do for yourself and your family the better off you will be.

 

[Agross]

I have chickens so never have to worry about buying eggs. We buy 200 pounds of feed at a time from a local mill and that costs about $45. That lasts 3-4 months. Whatever eggs we don’t eat I sell to my coworkers for $3 a dozen. That about pays for the feed. They are saving money and helping me out at the same time. They love em and every one of em has said how much better they are than store bought. I live out in the country so having chickens is easy other than the occasional fox or hawk when the chickens are out free ranging. I built about 90 percent of the coupe with material I had or was given to me. We love fresh eggs and go through a lot of em. I think the last time I checked our local grocery store they were 2 dozen for $10.

 

[grfox92]

No. I buy the 60 count from walmart for 29.99.

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[intunegp]

I wake up, get dressed, and go to work. Breakfast is a pb&j at 9:30 break time.

This whole egg thing has been eye opening as to how many eggs people eat. I enjoy them as much as the next guy but at $6/dozen at my local Wally World I still buy them when I want them. Usually when I buy a dozen I fry a breakfast worth for me and the wife and the rest get boiled for snacks.

I know they're considered a good, healthy, cheap source of protein, but I'm still wrapping my head around people eating so many eggs that the price doubling has a major impact on their grocery budget. Surely these aren't the same people buying $5 bags of chips and $7 cases of soda? Is the whole thing just blown out of proportion?

 

[intunegp]

My family of 5 goes through 3 dozen eggs a week.

So does that cost going from $9 a week to $18 a week blow the budget? Is $468 a year for a family of five to eat how they want a giant issue?

That's kind of my point I guess. If that same family of five goes out to eat three times this year they've probably spent more than that difference. Yes it sucks that eggs have gotten a lot more expensive, yes that money could go towards other things if they hadn't, but is it a major hit to the family budget? Is the average family teetering that close to living beyond their means?

 

[kwackkillncrew]

we lost a couple chickens this winter to a hawk and an owl. I might have to claim a DLP situation if i witness it happening again.

 

[Ringbill27]

I typically only eat breakfast on weekends and I quit making scrambled eggs. 8 eggs a week doesn’t bank. Heck I spend more on one unfilled tag every year then eggs.

 

[intunegp]

Of course not. It’s just the latest price increase.

I think these high grocery prices are impacting a vast majority of households.

It definitely impacts everyone when more of the paycheck has to go towards necessities. Maybe the massive focus on eggs is just to get people's mind off the fact that years later almost everything in the grocery store is still at peak pandemic pricing.

 

[Ringbill27]

Question:
Why doesnt Bird Flu affect ducks, geese, etc, and only chickens?

Look up snow geese and bird flu on YouTube. It’s a thing.

 

[svivian]

It definitely impacts everyone when more of the paycheck has to go towards necessities. Maybe the massive focus on eggs is just to get people's mind off the fact that years later almost everything in the grocery store is still at peak pandemic pricing.

an economist I follow gives a pretty good summary on this.

Robert Spendlove on LinkedIn: #economy #cpi #inflation #prices #food | 13 comments

Don't shoot the messenger, but we saw a jump in egg prices in November. The cost of eggs is a staggering 37.5% higher than one year ago, and they are up 8.2%… | 13 comments on LinkedIn

www.linkedin.com

 

[cnelk]

Look up snow geese and bird flu on YouTube. It’s a thing.

No kidding?

How come the govt isn’t killing millions of snow geese?

I know guys out in Kansas right now hunting snow geese.

Must not be much of a ‘thing’ with snow geese having bird flu

 

[HairyScandinavian]

No kidding?

How come the govt isn’t killing millions of snow geese?

I know guys out in Kansas right now hunting snow geese.

Must not be much of a ‘thing’ with snow geese having bird flu

Careful, don't give the gov any ideas lol.

 

[Yoder]

If I ate 20 dozen eggs a month I would care. I'm more worried about gas being over $3/gal.

So why are eggs so expensive but chicken still costs about the same?

 

[DapperDan]

TLDR. Got cliff notes?

If I post anything I’ll get banned I’m sure. But, please read this post by Whitney Web. She is the author of One Nation Under Blackmail which is two volumes. (I have both volumes)

Holy crap, she just said the unspeakable out loud!! And she is right about our current VP and Peter Thiel and Plantir.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1897781002799661500

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[robby denning]

Breakfast used to be free but now I charge my kids a $0.50 surcharge per egg.

and they're happy to pay it lol

 

[TheWhitetailNut]

I’ve never looked at the price of eggs but this thread made me look yesterday when I was at the store

Free range, soy free organic eggs in alaska: $4.46 a dozen

That's $10 IN Indiana