Bird eggs range in colors and can be ornately maculated with spots, blotches and scrawls. They vary in shape and size, and they must be thick enough to withstand the weight of an incubating parent but ...

Prolonged periods of below break-even prices could force farms out of the market and contribute to continued consolidation in ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Bird flu, otherwise known as avian influenza A (H5N1) in poultry, has ...

OMAHA, Neb.— Egg producers blame the bird flu outbreak for driving prices to record highs, but critics believe giant companies are taking advantage of their market dominance to profit handsomely at ...

The 2025 egg shortage is real and soaring prices aren't going away anytime soon, as families and restaurants alike are struggling to purchase them. So why are egg prices going up, anyway? There are ...

Bird flu is sweeping through egg-laying chickens in the United States at an unprecedented rate. So far in 2025, 30 million layers, as they’re known, have been culled, close to the 38 million killed ...

DEAR JOAN: I just finished a book, “Wild Moms” by Carin Bondar. In the book, the author states that in mother birds, many aspects of the egg composition can be directly manipulated by the mothers ...

Share on Pinterest When buying eggs during the bird flu outbreak, choose only refrigerated eggs and refrigerate them immediately once they are brought home. andresr/Getty Images The ongoing bird flu ...

Millions of egg-laying hens have been lost due to the bird flu, causing egg production to slow and prices to skyrocket Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the ...