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The egg prices thing is a ploy. They've been one of the most profitable industries as of late.
Jesus. Do you even read the news? The news of the past several years?
This is the new normal. Factory farming gives us cheap eggs, but leads to massive culling operations as a result of bird flu. They culled 100,000,000 birds last time. That's a 1 with 8 zeroes.
Don't like it? Raise your own damned birds. We're starting in the next month or two. Adult layers are $10-$30 each on Craigslist, chicks are stupid cheap.
Do you absolutely need a rooster to have egg-laying chickens for non-breeding purposes?
My friends had two hens that laid eggs with no rooster. It was great.