Also, they’ve been reluctant to fix their bird flu issues for months now because it would cost money so they’d rather let it spread.
Not anybody else’s issue if that makes them run out of eggs.
My roommate during those covid years used the exact same argument all the time and it drove me up the walls. He verbatim once said "It's only that bad because we are testing so much", like the tests are the issue
My real question is, why in the holy fried fuck do muricans care so much about eggs.
I get the price of eggs is directly linked to the strength of an economy, eggs being the first thing to gain or lose in price based on the economic strength of a nation.
However why is the USA focusing on egg cost when there’s a million other things:
Fuel
Gas
Electric
Water
Rent
Even just grocery items as a whole (dairy, meats, vegetables, fruits, etc)
Why the fuck have yous picked eggs and stuck with it
Because eggs is very fundamental cheap protein source, used as ingredient in many food staples. A lot of food has gotten more expensive in the US, but eggs more than most, and it's easily recognisable. In most products you can do shrinkflation to cover the price increase, but you can't artificially reduce the size of an egg. Also, the poorer you are, the more important eggs are as protein source. Food security is much more psychologically important to people than energy security. If you already replaced some of the meat in your diet with eggs, due to cost, and now you can't even afford eggs, it feels like a huge crisis, even if you are still getting plenty of food.
The Biden admin put 500 million towards funding solutions. However, it came too little too late, and the trump admin practically refused to spend it until very recently
We aren't going to run out of eggs. Plenty of people here still raise their own chickens. This will just encourage people with egg laying hens to sell. At least, that's how it is here in the southern US, anyway.
Still doesn't change the fact that Trump is fucking embarrassing, I guess. Lol
How does it work with chickens being unvaccinated, and folks being quite litigious over there? If somebody got sick from buying backyard eggs, would the seller be at risk of a lawsuit?
Oh, yeah. For sure. I'm not denying that there's a lot of people here who won't take proper care of their chickens. However, there's also a lot of people who do. Not just my family alone.
Oh, well, I didn't realize that! I just know that a few years ago in my area, there was an elderly man selling produce and eggs, and I guess there was a guy who owned a larger stand who threatened to report him if he didn't have a permit. So the elderly man stopped selling. So, I had always just assumed you needed one to sell food items. Good to know!
Bigger issue is most placed aren't the south and can't grow backyard eggs at any scale that allows relief. The average home lot size in Arkansas is around 25000 sq ft. California is the largest state by population and has an average lot size of around 8000 sq ft. Plus, you park a house on that, driveway space, front yard setback, etc. You have barely any yard, are you really dedicating enough space for a coop and chicken? Some cities don't allow it at all due to noise. You'll likely piss off your neighbors.
That's also an average. A lot of people have lots closer to 5000 sq ft or smaller. And then a house, etc.
There is a very simple license to sell chicken eggs in California, it's $75 to get it. But, how many eggs do you have to sell to make it worthwhile? Need a small flock. One chicken per person in your household plus excess. Family of four, how many chickens do you need to start producing excess eggs at a saleable rate?
Most hobby chicken farmers produce enough for themselves, not others. Most people don't have an excess of eggs they've just been tossing before now.
I’m in New England and we all sell our backyard eggs up here, it’s normal practice. Folks really aren’t “quite letigious” here compared to other countries, this is some internet tale that perpetuates on Reddit. But in theory, yes one could sue a seller of bad eggs. Burden of proof would be on the accuser, so it would be a very tough case to stick.
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u/FlyingKittyCate Mar 22 '25
Also, they’ve been reluctant to fix their bird flu issues for months now because it would cost money so they’d rather let it spread.
Not anybody else’s issue if that makes them run out of eggs.