Wholesale egg prices are shattering records as an accelerating outbreak of bird flu in laying hens slashes supplies while shoppers buy more to bake Christmas cookies and other holiday treats.
<p>WASHINGTON, D.
</p><p>Prices are even harder to stomach in California, where supplies are further constrained by rules that prohibit farmers from raising hens in cages.
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