Worried over egg supply amid COVID-19, home cooks look to backyard chickens

If you have an egg, you have a meal. “Much more than an element of cooking,” as late French chef Michel Roux once told me, “It’s the pilot. It’s vital. It’s everything.” The basis for baked goods, pancakes, rich pastries, fresh pasta, soufflés, meringues, ice creams, custards, mousses, a simple scramble and more, much of what we eat depends on the humble egg.

In order to keep eggs affordable — like many other items, including toilet paper, which we’ve also seen retail shortages of — they’re produced according to a just-in-time process, von Massow explains. Based on forecasts, which are determined by historical demand and an understanding of how things might change, we’re left short when something unexpected happens. “And that’s often exacerbated by the fact that people say, ‘Oh, there are shortages. We should buy more,’” he says.

Roger Pelissero, chair of the board for Egg Farmers of Canada, says that while COVID-19 has resulted in unprecedented demand, there has been a small drop of late. “I wouldn’t say we’re getting back to normal but we’re not seeing the depletion of the egg counter happening as quickly as it did say a week and a half ago,” he says, adding that eggs are still being produced in great numbers every day.

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nparts But it’s important that people learn to treat ALL animals well. chickens

nparts just what we need a city full of backyard chickens ... whats the next pandemic ... the bird flu? living in close proximity with animals when you have no clue leads to bad viruses that kill people ...

nparts Self reliance is more important. If things get bad enough, daddy goverment isnt going to help you.

nparts you don't need a flock, a chicken tractor and 2 or 3 hens will keep you in eggs, just make sure you have enough feed for them, they will eat your vegetable scraps plus worms, grubs, slugs, mice, anything else they can get their dinosaur beaks around

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