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  Time to buy about 4 chickens
context: The USDA shows the current price of a dozen large eggs in California cost about $6.72,
  
  Never thought it would happen , but eggs in Canada are cheaper than the US. The eggs here are about $3.70 a dozen which works out to $2.76 USD >
  
  I shop at walmart for staples because they're the cheapest and eggs are still 3.70 but they're out half the time so if you still want eggs you're looking at $7 omega-enriched free range, university educated eggs >
  
  
  university educated eggs
  
  So, what you're saying is they are ... eggheads? >
  
  Investors will be eggstatic >
  
  didn't realize bird flu wouldn't make the news. i only heard of the reasons behind the egg shortage from reddit >
  
  My contractor thought it was just more price gouging, and was horrified to learn that the bird flu was actually a valid reason. >
  
  It's not clear its a reason for the price hike localized to California.
  About 16% of the layers in the US have been affected, many culled. But none of the big CAFOs in California, Nevada, or Arizona have been. >
  
  Just because they are located there, doesn’t mean they don’t have contracts with the rest of the US. If there’s a 16% drop in production, that will still affect the price overall. >
  
  When the prices finally come down, from correcting the problems that caused the shortage, I bet they will come down very fast.  One week they might be $7, and the next week they might be on an "amazing special deal sale if you buy 5 cartons: $2 each." >
  
  They do that when eggs are about to expire or hit their sell limit. I don't expect eggs to drop in price for a long time, also considering the culling. >
  
  Can't chickens that lay eggs go from birth to producing in like a month or two? >
  
  I live in metro Atlanta, a carton of eggs was eight bucks when I went shopping last. I feel like this will be our "back in my day, a loaf of bread was a quarter". >
  
  Meh give it time for companies to get there birds back. It will level out over the years. Will certainly suck till then.