Things are not looking so great for poultry farming these days, as they’re murdered by the millions in order to prevent them from dying from bird flu.
As reported by NHK News, egg prices have soared in Japan due to an unprecedented outbreak of bird flu since mid-January. The report also states that the rising cost of feed due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine has had an impact on egg prices.
The bird flu outbreak has also resulted in a shortage of eggs – even everyday stores like 7-Eleven are affected. Another NHK News report states that 7-Eleven will suspend about 15 of their egg products for the time being including soft-boiled eggs. Additionally, other popular convenience store staples such as sandwiches will have their recipes revised to include less egg and more ham and vegetables.
Due to the outbreak, over 12 million birds have been culled this season – a record high for Japan.
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Don’t save your eggs. Eat them before they go off. This eggopalypse will pass as well. Nobody will die if we eat fewer eggs in the foreseeable future. Now, let’s turn to the real problems of today. And I’m not talking about something as trivial as a war, I’m talking about Kishida Jr. joy riding in Paris in an embassy car. Let’s focus all our attention on this earth shattering revelation. (Statement may contain traces of satire)
my local inaka supermarket has never been out of eggs, and the prices are around 240-280 yen for a 10 pack as usual. maybe there’s something going on in Kanto but here in Kyushu it’s okay?
Everything is going to be fine in few weeks. Relax.
Should be more worried about Russia starting a nuclear war, that’s worrisome .
They’re just eggs. They’re cheap and even if they were 500% more expensive, I’d still buy them as they are amazing nutrient dense powerhouses. Two boiled eggs every morning for breakfast is a great way to start my day.
Great, now the Japanese housewives will buy every egg off the shelves
Who buys eggs from conbini? Unless you are a tourist
Who saves eggs…?
Not noticed any difference anywhere in the amount of eggs on sale.
>murdered in order to prevent them from dying
Checks out
Good grief, how many times has this been brought up. Do folk really not bother searching in their haste to post ?
As a chicken farmer, I can tell you this has very little to do with the number of chickens culled due to bird flu. 12 million birds might sound like a lot but when compared to the size of the national flock (somewhere around 185 million plus) it is not. I did work it out on one of the myriad of previous threads but for the life of me really can’t be bothered to do it again, however it’s not a significant percentage.
What has really pushed up the price of eggs is the cost of feed. It has more than tripled recently thanks to Mr Putin’s reckless adventures in Ukraine and suddenly all the big farms have realised they have been massively under charging for their eggs so have raised prices.
That’s it. Eggs were way too cheap before and now they’ve gone up in price, get used to it.
eggs that cost 180 now costs me 245. been going on for a couple of weeks now.
First time I heard about egg crisis was from an always sunny group on Facebook. They memed it to hell. I didn’t think it’d come here. But eggs aren’t that dear to me. I can live without them. Scare me if we have a yogurt crisis.