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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (31 children)

I heard they jacked up prices due to the Avian Flu. They culled over 80,000,000 egg laying hens

[–] SadSadSatellite 48 points 1 year ago (25 children)

That was 17% of the total population. The price went up by 400-900%, and there was never a shortage. As usual, we got shafted.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey I'd love to see the population stats, got a source?

[–] SadSadSatellite 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I searched egg laying hen population by year. The end of 2022, after the culling, it was 377 million.

Based on the article another comment had, the 80 mil was total birds killed, not just egg hens, so it was likely actually less than the 17% I estimated.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nice, that doors sound like a pretty minor 'shortage', considering

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