Let’s take a deeper dive on the latest surrounding the bird flu and safety with food. How do chickens get bird flu? A new study found that the virus could be wind borne — its

Why is bird flu raising the prices of eggs but not chicken? The simplest answer is that the chickens we eat don’t live as long. The birds that are raised for egg production and the ones raised for consumption are two different types of chickens.

Spearheaded by National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, the plan prioritizes enhanced biosecurity measures and medication to control the spread of the virus and moves away from mass culling of infected flocks.

A Georgia farmer said on Wednesday (February 19) he has had to limit sales of his eggs, as shoppers across the U.S. experience higher egg prices and rationing as a result of a strained supply chain, further worsened by an ongoing bird flu outbreak.

Eggs are being confiscated at the U.S. border with Mexico amid a bird flu outbreak that has depleted chicken populations.

Turkey has begun exporting around 15,000 tonnes of eggs to the United States as a devastating outbreak of bird flu is slashing U.S. production and sending prices soaring, a leading sector official said on Wednesday.

Josh Burkholder, co-owner of The Egg Basket in Macedonia, Illinois, in his first year of business, is dealing with an egg shortage and the danger of the bird flu.

Maurice Pitesky, an associate professor at the U.C. Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, said with prices reaching almost a dollar an egg, investing in a backyard flock might actually save money in the long run.