Egg price watch
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wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 14:39 last edited by
Probably not for one family’s consumption but if you’re sharing them with friends and neighbors then maybe.
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wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 15:18 last edited by LuFins Dad
I think it depends on whether you’re used to buying $11 a dozen bougie eggs from pasture raised chickens that are given a foot rub every night or the $3 for 3 dozen white eggs laid by what is genetically considered a chicken living in a 6” by 6” cube with a funnel sewn to the gullet to pour in corn mush and water.
My guess is that raising your own chickens doesn’t actually make sense for most that do it, but hey, Crunchy’s gotta crunchy, amirite?
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wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 15:19 last edited by
And yes, if we were in a slightly more rural community without an HOA, Karla would definitely raise chickens…
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wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 15:22 last edited by
lol
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wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 15:54 last edited by
$10.25 CAD ( $7.17 USD) here for a flat of 30 eggs yesterday.
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wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 16:01 last edited by
$0.24 per egg US. Not bad. Maybe Canada didn't kill all their chickens.
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wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 16:02 last edited by
If they export them to the US, we'll be able to get them for a $1 each after the tarrifs.
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wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 16:50 last edited by
Yes there will be 25% tariff on eggs. Not sure the volume of whole eggs and egg products are exported to the US.
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wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 16:52 last edited by Renauda
@Mik said in Egg price watch:
$0.24 per egg US. Not bad. Maybe Canada didn't kill all their chickens.
To my understanding we are vaccinating the all poultry barns and outbreaks so far have been contained. An advantage of the supply management system we maintain over the farm subsidies as in the USA.
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@Mik said in Egg price watch:
$0.24 per egg US. Not bad. Maybe Canada didn't kill all their chickens.
To my understanding we are vaccinating the all poultry barns and outbreaks so far have been contained. An advantage of the supply management system we maintain over the farm subsidies as in the USA.
wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 17:08 last edited by@Renauda said in Egg price watch:
@Mik said in Egg price watch:
$0.24 per egg US. Not bad. Maybe Canada didn't kill all their chickens.
To my understanding we are vaccinating the all poultry barns and outbreaks so far have been contained.
That must drive all the crunchy moms nuts…
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wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 17:19 last edited by
Probably but they usually are vegans or buy the eggs directly from farmers.
Haven’t heard of any objections to the current policy or practice. Don’t pay attention either.
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Is having your own "backyard" chickens cheaper than the store? I am guessing "no", but never really thought about it.
wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 20:35 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Egg price watch:
Is having your own "backyard" chickens cheaper than the store? I am guessing "no", but never really thought about it.
Depends on what you feed them. Feeding laying pellets produces more eggs, but the pellets ain't cheap.
If you raise chickens like the old folks, you can raise them incredibly cheap. First, remember a chicken is a hog with feathers. Feed them scraps. Supplement with feed as needed, and the feed doesn't have to be pellets. Give them some crushed oyster shells every so often. Put a drop of bluing in their water occasionally. Let them out of the pen to scratch and peck for food.
Put your rooster to work. Fertilized eggs + laying hen = chicks. At no cost.
As your hens get older and less productive, kill them and eat them. A good hen can weigh half or better what a young turkey weighs and hens have a lot of flavor. And remember those free chicks? Some of those will be cockerels. They are also to be killed at a certain size and eaten.
Barring predators or a communicable illness in your flock, you can keep a perpetual flock for very little money. Chicken feed, to be exact.
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wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 20:45 last edited by
Chicken feed. Snort.
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wrote on 25 Feb 2025, 23:57 last edited by
Local ad sale price... $2.47/dz, limit 2.
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wrote on 26 Feb 2025, 15:37 last edited by
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wrote on 26 Feb 2025, 15:43 last edited by
It takes about 18 weeks for a chick to become a healthy egg-laying hen. In other words, let's just buy a billion chicks from another country, and then watch the price of eggs drop by July 4th!
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wrote on 1 Mar 2025, 21:22 last edited by jon-nyc 3 Jan 2025, 21:31
The store next to my gym has had zero chicken eggs - none at all - since 1/20/25 at 11:59. (Just kidding but it’s been a month or so). Once or twice they’ve had duck eggs.
Today the egg area was about half full, and I got XL brown eggs for 5.99.
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wrote on 1 Mar 2025, 22:23 last edited by
Congratulations!
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wrote on 1 Mar 2025, 22:25 last edited by
Seriously, though? I’ve had zero problems finding eggs and at no significant difference in price beyond standard inflation, I get that’s not normal, but it’s hard to relate…
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wrote on 1 Mar 2025, 23:06 last edited by jon-nyc 3 Jan 2025, 23:07
It's a specialty organic store that doesn't use typical distributors. It's not where I do most of my shopping, but I drive by it on the way to and from the gym so its a go to for the two things I need or whatever.
In the regular stores around here there have always been eggs, but not necessarily the ones you want (e.g. XL are often missing).
Just now I was at Stop & Shop, the mass market store here, and the cheapest were 7.89 and cheapest XL were 8.09.
I think the low-ish price at Mom's Organic was a loss leader and/or apology for not having them for so long.