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drunkmonkey176 OP t1_j3rf20y wrote

Reply to comment by HD_Hot_Cocoa in They have crossed the line. Wegmans and Walmart can keep em! by drunkmonkey176

If this was the cause, why is chicken breast pretty much still the same price as the last 10 years? It has technically gone up to $2.49 a pound, but is almost always on sale for $1.99. I've been paying that price since I've started buying my own groceries and I'm 41.

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Rbandit28 t1_j3rfksa wrote

From the article I read the flue is hitting the layers the hardest, and turkeys. But chicken used for meat is not being hit as hard. Some states have lost of 1 million in the last year with at least 11 states being over 1 million chickens lost.

Source: I read it on the internet.

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HD_Hot_Cocoa t1_j3rpic0 wrote

I work at a grocery store and from what I am aware this is correct. The groups of chickens that lay eggs usually aren't the same ones you eat.

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pa_bourbon t1_j3u4xiq wrote

Chickens raised for meat are different than egg layers. Just like we don’t eat milk cattle.

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FaithlessnessCute204 t1_j3wphpl wrote

I mean we do ,they just aren’t normally steaks 🥩, but the definitely become freezer burgers after they are done milking. Laying birds get processed but for animal feed

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