Egg-laying chicken farmers are still recovering from the virus outbreak of 2022 but now there’s the new cage-free law, mutations and more competition as bird flu devastates other states.
Walk into nearly any grocery store at the moment and the price for a dozen eggs may shock you — if any eggs are in stock at all.
More than anything else, blame bird flu, say Colorado egg farmers, the grocery stores, the state agriculture department and nearly anyone involved in getting fresh eggs to consumers. The contagious virus can wipe out entire flocks of egg-laying chickens in days.
Coloradans already went through this three years ago when egg prices spiked after 85% of the state’s egg-laying hens were destroyed. There was also high inflation, the state’s looming cage-free law and shortages at pretty much every grocery store.
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