Not to want to be that guy, but the culling of the birds was not the cause. It was the excuse for the few big producers to raise prices, though. They have no incentive to increase or maintain egg laying chicken supply. Millions of birds are a drop in the bucket. It wasn’t until the attorney general opened an investigation when ‘all of a sudden’ the supply ‘returned’ within a few days. Days!
Not to want to be that guy, but the culling of the birds was not the cause. It was the excuse for the few big producers to raise prices, though. They have no incentive to increase or maintain egg laying chicken supply. Millions of birds are a drop in the bucket. It wasn’t until the attorney general opened an investigation when ‘all of a sudden’ the supply ‘returned’ within a few days. Days!