Richard Blatchford, associate specialist in Cooperative Extension: Small ... laying blue eggs, says Yarborough. “People more recently have done a lot of artificial selection and are breeding ...

Bird flu is forcing farmers to slaughter millions of chickens, pushing egg prices to more than double their summer 2023 cost.

The rising cost of eggs has been traced to an outbreak of avian influenza, or bird flu ... 7.59 they have a little more cushion to lay with. But other small stores like us, man, they’re hurting.

He’s a self-proclaimed “small-time guy,” a small-scale farmer who specializes in raw milk, eggs and cheese. He has about 150 free-range, egg-laying hens that produce ... how infected hens might ...

But really, all chicken eggs are the same on the inside. So what causes different egg colors among the same type of bird ... (which can lay colorful eggs in shades of blue, green and olive ...

More than 145 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have been slaughtered since the current outbreak began, with the vast majority of them being egg-laying ... my small farm alone has spent ...

ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) – You have probably noticed that eggs are in limited supply right now. It is because of the ongoing bird flu outbreaks ... Kirchner sid. Small operations like ...

whether they’re small or industrial farms, they’ve got to euthanize and cull those flocks to prevent the spread of infection. That reduces the number of egg-laying birds, which reduces the ...

More than 145 million chickens, turkeys and other birds have been slaughtered since the current outbreak began, with the vast majority of them being egg-laying ... my small farm alone has spent ...

Populations of both egg-laying birds and those bred for meat have been affected. The virus has been confirmed in 41 backyard flocks in Florida, affecting more than 14,000 birds. Small local farms ...

BLUE DOG BAKERY OWNER ... NOT ONLY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES BUT FO Local businesses are getting hit hard by climbing egg prices, and a recent bird flu outbreak at a Southern Indiana farm could drive ...

Even a small increase ... spreading to egg farms across the country. When one bird tests positive, the entire flock has to be slaughtered. That means millions fewer chickens to lay those eggs ...