Ritter Public Library in Vermilion has partnered with Rent the Chicken for a Hatch the Chicken program. A mini incubator with ...

chicken prices have remained stable because broiler producers have had an easier time keeping up with demand. Egg-laying chickens have fared much worse, accounting for more than 75% of all the birds ...

Consumers may have noticed chicken meat prices have not climbed in relation to soaring egg prices amid HPAI outbreaks.

The United States produces around 9 billion broilers (chickens used specifically for their meat) every year, while U.S. egg-laying hens only total to 360 million. Even with the difference in flock ...

The reason chicken and egg prices have not moved in tandem has ... on the farm as long — only about seven weeks." That short life-cycle also means when a flock of broilers is lost to the flu ...

Egg prices are up more than 53% from last year The price of chicken meat has remained mostly ... but their shorter life cycle could leave flocks less susceptible to major outbreaks.

23, 2025. Egg farmers lost more than 38 million birds to the avian flu last year. That short life-cycle also means when a flock of broilers is lost to the flu, they can be replaced fairly quickly.