What's Causing the Egg Shortage in the UK?

LoL we okay we buy ours from the farm where we live in our village

I'm lucky I don't have eggs that much but I buy some off my dad's neighbor they have chickens

Are we talking chicken/duck eggs? We certainly aren't short on Easter eggs

The recent events of avian flu have meant that birds can no longer completely free range, they had to take extra precautions, many of the birds had to be relocated or sadly killed because they had avian flu, it takes a lot to recover from this. This is why a month or so ago many stores were limiting the amount of eggs per customer.

They also had issues on how long they could keep them in such confined spaces before they were allowed to be classed as 'Free Range' so some poultry places made the decision not to sell them as 'caged hens'

The Gov website added just 5 days ago that 'Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 was confirmed in commercial poultry on 31 March 2023'

There are barely any eggs in local shops and if they were, it's too expensive.

Not had any issues getting eggs. Noticed there are less on the shelves but still manage to get them when we need them.

Okay MrsCraig .

I am luckily enough to have my own chickens but have heard and seen the lack of eggs in store. The main supermarkets are not paying the farmers enough. If you shop in smaller stores you will find eggs.

The farm shop I get my eggs from hasn't had any in ages. Had to resort to supermarket ones.

They are a bit and miss in my local shops for availability and very expensive.

At my local Tesco , they never have the 15 pack eggs in stock, only free range ones

Ikr

Get yourself 2 or 3 chickens and you’ll have all the eggs you need.

What if u don't live close to a farm or village dawarwick??

So I didn't realise there was a egg shortage especially not after going every evening for week to teach clap the over 10 000 chickens onto perches few months bk learnt 2 things I can pick chickens up and by they ain't half smart

1 section had completely learnt wt to do after 1night

The reason for the shortage for a lot of products in the main supermarkets is because they are not paying the producers of the products enough. If you go to local small supermarkets they have the products because they are paying what the goods are worth.

I think the eggs price is better now ( in the supermarkets) because now it's the normal price.

I haven't been able to get any in Aldi for my last 2 shops, shelves empty.

I think it's expensive as well.

I didn’t even notice to be honest. I’m not a massive fan of eggs.