Egg prices are going to get even higher

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I read an article a couple of days ago that egg prices are up 36% over the past year. Well now the news is sounding the alarm that we can expect them go increase like 20% more this year. The MAGA tin foil hat cult members think it was all some crazy conspiracy due to the election and holiday baking season. Sane Americans recognize that it is a result of a massive H5N1 bird flu outbreak here in the country. Poultry farmers are being forced to euthanize tens of thousands of their birds. The average price of a dozen eggs these days is around $4. In California it is something like $8. My buddy @porwest refuses to pay more than $2 for a dozen eggs. He is going to need to start up a chicken coop in his backyard if he doesn't want to pay that price. For me eggs are a non-negotiable. I need them for cooking and baking and I will pay whatever I need to in order to have them on hand. Maybe I'll have to buy one less candle or one less pair of flip flops but I will always have eggs in the fridge.