I thought grocery prices were supposed to go down.
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I think we know bird flu is a problem. Many flocks are being destroyed to keep it from spreading.
Do you have a better solution?
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That would be a question to ask the current administration.
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A vaccine for bird flu might be a good idea. Vaccinating chicks by the thousands might be labor intensive but better than the alternative of no eggs.
On the other hand high egg prices might mean those with surviving flocks are doing well. But consumers must pay the price.
Already exists. Essentially, two diverse markets for chickens. First market would be the broiler market–which would NOT want the vaccine because the birds are “in and done” after about six weeks (time to grow to market size). Second market would be the egg-laying market, where the chickens are kept for up to 2+years. The loss of these birds is quite significant because it takes almost a year for replacement chickens to be hatched and raised to egg-laying age. So vaccines for those chickens is rational. Turkeys are different because it takes 5-6 months to grow to market weight (vs ~42 days to grow a broiler chicken to market weight), so the math is much different. Again, egg-laying turkeys (kept multiple years) would get vaccines. The owner of the turkeys (not the independent contractor/farm where the turkeys are raised) would choose whether to vaccinate. Their turkeys, their cost vs risk/reward.
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