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[proudlyfromNJ]

Get eggs from next door neighbor who has chickens.

[occasionalrain]

@Venezia 

I buy from local farms too. I like seeing the hens who provide my eggs running around free. To me, even a dollar an egg, $12 a dozen, seems reasonable to me. I pay around $4 a dozen, that's only 35 cents an egg. Six dollars a dozen is only 50 cents an egg. Compare that to name brand cereal. 

[DiAnne]

I pay a little over $5 for a dozen brown eggs from a local farm.  I stay away from cheap eggs. 

[Venezia]

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@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:

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@occasionalrain wrote:

Buying cheap eggs supports the mistreatment of hens. It keeps them confined in small wire cages, their feet never touching the ground, never seeing the light of day.  I would pay $10 a dozen for eggs and consider it a bargain to end this shameful treatment.

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I've heard the terms "cage free" and "free range" are deceptive.  The hens may be out of a cage, but still bunched up, standing in feces, and with no access to the outdoors. Or perhaps there's a small opening in a wall, but very few chickens will ever leave the coop where they are warehoused.  

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@JeanLouiseFinch - Yes, it's a good idea to look for either the "Certified Humane" or "Animal Welfare Approved" seals on the carton to ensure humane treatment.

[Duckncover]

Eggs were going up in our area before there was any mention of the bird flu. A carton of 18 eggs was $4.10 a few days ago...store brand. The cage-free and other designer-type eggs were $5-$6.99 a dozen or in some cases, 18 eggs. We use a lot of eggs so we feel the increase.

[Duckncover]

At our Costco the 24 eggs are over $5. I don't have space in my side x side fridge for the flat of them or would have been buying them all along 

[Sooner]

I don't know for a fact but I would price has a lot to do with how far you are from a major egg-producing area.  We aren't that far, so I assume we might be less affected than some.

Fuel costs an awful lot now, and it may be difficult to get workers in the cleaning and packing end of things. 

[DesertGems]

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@PINKdogWOOD wrote:

@MezzieStarr   I don't know that I've ever seen eggs at Aldi's for $.89 ever and I've shopped there for many years in different cities in Ohio. I don't buy regular white eggs anymore, haven't for years. I do buy organics and have been at Aldi's for a few years now, I believe they're $3.99 or so. Honestly I really don't know nor care really, I buy eggs every week, organics or heirlooms when I see them. I've paid as much as $4.99 for eggs anywhere I shop, not only Aldi's. 

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Yes, eggs at Aldi..early April were below $1..two weeks later w ere $1.99.

Pass!  They can sit there.

Have a few left from early April buy!

Have found alternative for breakfast.

[barrel racer]

We bought chicks last October and get 7-8 eggs per day  so yummy, I'll never eat grocery store eggs again.

[Rockycoast]

We have many farms with chickens in our area so they are not that costly.  Under $2.00 doz. Last time we bought.