A bird flu epidemic has caused egg prices to soar, and projections show they could rise by 41 percent this year.

Shoppers used to picking up the cheapest eggs ... of egg-laying hens, the United Egg Producers trade group estimates. Among large operators, at least three in Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina, each ...

As bird flu continues to spread, impacting poultry farms and the price of eggs, the Agriculture Department says it's almost doubling the amount spent to combat it.

Adult chickens start laying eggs around six months old ... and is almost always fatal. All of the extra work to keep your birds safe comes at a cost of your time, and unlike a commercial egg ...

For most birds, laying hens or meat birds — they’re roughly ... You can do the same for chicken eggs (bake for 10 minutes). It’s all about the proteins that help chickens build muscle mass with meat ...

Most of the birds culled to stop the epidemic have been egg-laying hens, causing the availability of eggs to plummet and the price to soar. However, one pressure group believes that the lack of ...

they lay a lot of eggs, and they’re easy to raise,” Moyle said. One of the fun parts of raising chickens, Moyle said, is the possibility of getting varied egg colors depending on the bird you ...

Egg prices have skyrocketed to all-time highs due in part to an outbreak of avian flu, or bird flu, that has been afflicting egg-laying hens ... the supply of eggs at a time when demand for ...

Shoppers used to picking up the cheapest eggs at the grocery store may now be reaching for higher-end cartons. That’s because bird flu is turbocharging ... Through it all, specialty egg distribu ...