The price of eggs at U.S. grocery stores has climbed to a record high, nearly doubling from a year ago, as outbreaks of bird flu have led to shortages by wiping out millions of hens. Eggs are missing from grocery shelves nationwide,

Why is bird flu raising the prices of eggs but not chicken? The simplest answer is that the chickens we eat don’t live as long. The birds that are raised for egg production and the ones raised for consumption are two different types of chickens.