There's different breeds of chicken, those raised to produce eggs and those raised to put on weight fast. I expect both to rise, but not necessarily in tandem given different farms will be affected.
I also expect turkey, beef and dairy prices to rise significantly.
I don't have an answer, but since we keep kosher we notice eggs a LOT more than chicken (since Kosher chicken has always had a premium attached anyway)
When non-kosher meats and poultry begin to approach kosher pricing, THAT'S when you know there's a major issue.
We don’t eat the chickens that lay eggs. Chicken prices have also been going up steadily so there is that. The gym bro lifestyle is getting expensive everyday under #Trumpflation
Laying birds don't have much use for meat for human consumption, even if you cull them directly after their pullet years. This might have knock on affects for things like Broth, Chicken Sausage, and Animal Feed though.
Most meat chickens are at harvest size by 8 weeks. Most egg laying hens start laying at 14 weeks and are their most productive during the next 11 weeks; production starts to taper off after that and laying hens are usually slaughtered after a year.
Switched from a 2 egg breakfast to a cup of oatmeal in almond milk and greek yogurt with a couple of seed additives that bring it up to 28g protein about a year ago. Had never figured the cost on it, about $1.44 per breakfast assuming none of it is on sale. Think my old egg one is over $2 currently!
For some reason in my head I'd just assumed this new one was way more expensive so I'd never figured out the cost. Glad your post finally got me to check, also had no idea eggs had shot back up. Good chance for Trump to show us how he'll fix it!
Other folks have mentioned the difference between broilers (meat chicken) and layers (egg chicken).
The other big thing is that when a flock of layers has to be culled, it can take six months for layers to start producing again. Much shorter ramp up time for broilers.
My best guess. Egg laying chickens and meat birds are different things. Meat birds are ready to harvest in six weeks. Egg layers can live for years. Since the life span of a meat bird is significantly shorter the likelihood of infection is lower.
In addition. Larger operations only cull birds when they’re done laying eggs, so they aren’t bringing in replacement birds as frequently as meat bird producers. Again I just make these assumptions based upon my own backyard flock.
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I also expect turkey, beef and dairy prices to rise significantly.
When non-kosher meats and poultry begin to approach kosher pricing, THAT'S when you know there's a major issue.
Most meat chickens are at harvest size by 8 weeks. Most egg laying hens start laying at 14 weeks and are their most productive during the next 11 weeks; production starts to taper off after that and laying hens are usually slaughtered after a year.
The other big thing is that when a flock of layers has to be culled, it can take six months for layers to start producing again. Much shorter ramp up time for broilers.