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[on the bay]

These are the ones I tried-so good. Walmart,Target and other stores too.

[Marp]

If you think you are being shorted weigh them using a kitchen scale.  Per USDA:

Size tells you the minimum required net weight per dozen eggs. It does not refer to the dimensions of an egg or how big it looks. While some eggs in the carton may look slightly larger or smaller than the rest, it is the total weight of the dozen eggs that puts them in one of the following classes: In descending order, egg sizes are Jumbo (30 oz. per dozen), Extra Large (27 oz. per dozen), Large (24 oz. per dozen), Medium (21 oz. per dozen), Small (18 oz. per dozen), and Peewee (15 oz. per dozen).

[lgfan]

Everything is shrinking.  I notice that toilet paper is also shrinking.  In the past when I put on a new role of toilet paper on the holder it would get stuck until you used a certain amount of paper.  You can now put a full role of paper and it will move back and forth on the holder.

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[4kitties]

Maybe it just depends what farm or facility the eggs come from?  I bought some large eggs today from Kroger and I thought they looked larger than large.

I usually buy jumbo for breakfast eggs and the large or extra large for recipes.

[Spacrazy]

@on the bay :  You summed it up perfectly. They really are the best. It took my #1 GD moving next door to convince me to change from buying cheap-o. As we would cook together I saw for myself the big difference. The taste by themselves is better and my finished baking product is much better ~ in appearance and taste.

[Mindy D]

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@SloopJohnB wrote:

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@SloopJohnB.  I, too, have recently noticed that.  My extra large eggs look like they were laid by a pigeon.

I don't understand it.  Does it cost less to produce a smaller egg, do those chickens eat less, require less care?  I thought the USDA had standards for egg sizes.

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@Kachina624   I was going to say they look like they came from a Cornish hen.  LOL

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@SloopJohnB You will have to use more eggs to make the same dish, thus leading to the need to buy more eggs.

[LTT1]

@lgfan @Mindy D 

We will need to buy toilet paper more often too!

[on the bay]

@Spacrazy ,

I'm so glad you discovered them too, well we both through our wise girls! They really are different aren't they and taste as eggs should and did long ago.

[Burnsite]

To On the Bay:

I like Happy Eggs, too.  Mine are slightly blue or speckled brown with a lighter brown shell.  Both taste wonderful, and both have a very intense, firm yolk.

A few earlier posters have noted that eggs are sorted by weight, not how big they are.  I am a Publix shopper like many people in FL and the South, and it's a good store. .  . but here is my theory about their eggs, and why I decided to try dramatically different looking eggs.

People switch standard eggs with eggs that have better treatment (free range, sunshine, getting to forage freely (we had chickens when I was little--they do like to peck in the yard). So my theory is that the eggs are switched by shoppers. They move the organic, free range eggs into their generic egg cartons, replacing the organic slots with the factory-farmed eggs.  They thereby get a low price for the more expensive eggs. 

They can't do this with blue eggs, so no problem. Eggs are so expensive down here that I can see their temptation to do this. I only eat them once in a while, and really can taste a difference, They bake better, too. 

The yolks are watery in the factory-farmed eggs.  JMO.

This egg switching started happening during the Covid period; and I don't begrudge an egg or two to someone on a fixed income. (All are not switched--usually one or two). 

I just wanted to figure out what was happening.  I asked the store manager and he said, some people do switch eggs.

But my sister, a teacher whose 2nd job is as a bookkeeper at a Hannafords, said that she thought the staff in the dairy/egg section sometimes switch them out.  Apparently, when eggs reach the expiration date, the department is charged back for not selling them.  So that could be it, too.

[SandySparkles]

I have noticed it as well!😡 It is frustrating because successful baking is a science, and the size of the eggs used can make or "break" the finished product. It is unfortunate; especially for inexperienced cooks that will not know how to compensate.😐

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