The narrator reflects on their childhood experiences learning about eggs and the various animals that hatch from them.

They’re a symbol of our economic fragility and — critically — a cheap source of protein and many other nutrients. The rise in ...

Egg prices are up more than 53% from ... Broiler chickens aren’t immune to bird flu, but their shorter life cycle could leave flocks less susceptible to major outbreaks. Broilers are typically ...

With the Avian flu causing a nationwide egg shortage, Jews are scrambling to find eggs, an essential ingredient in cuisine ...

Egg-laying chickens have fared much worse, accounting for more than 75% of all the birds affected by the outbreak between Feb. 8, 2022, and Jan. 29, 2025. Broiler chickens aren’t immune to bird flu, ...

CELINA — Ohio’s first human case of the H5N1, or bird flu ... to lay new eggs,” McClough continued. “It doesn’t just correct itself overnight. There is a long life cycle that’s ...

This has some shoppers — maybe you — turning to egg alternatives.

With the recent egg shortages and price increases in grocery stores because of bird flu, you might be looking at your neighbor's chicken flock with envy or considering going to a local farm.

Since the start of 2025, over 27 million egg-laying hens — 9 percent of the entire national flock — have died from the bird flu or have been (horrifically) killed to slow the spread.

As bird flu cases continue to rise in the U.S., heavily impacting egg-laying flocks, so have the prices on cartons of fresh eggs due to dwindling supply. Egg prices are through the roof ...

But in the first two months of 2025, egg prices have continued to climb, sending government officials in search of answers and interventions. The current outbreak of bird flu in the U.S. was first ...