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Emile

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27. How many millions of hens do they lose every year?

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Wed Jan 25, 2023, 05:32 PM

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In baking, 1/4 cup plain yogurt substitutes for one egg. [View all] Sogo Jan 2023 OP

Not if you're baking an angel food cake. MineralMan Jan 2023 #1

Sure, but eggs can be substituted more times than not. Sogo Jan 2023 #4

Yogurt is not vegan. Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #21

Oh, I can't imagine that the taste would be at all the same Bettie Jan 2023 #55

I was just responding to the suggestion that there wasn't a substitution Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jan 2023 #61

The price hikes are due to the culling of many millions of egg-laying hens. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #2

OK. Sogo Jan 2023 #5

I'm aware that the far-left group "Farm Action" is feeding a conspiracy theory. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #8

What evidence is refutable that the organization supplying? Torchlight Jan 2023 #11

More than 40 million laying hens were culled. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #13

In 2019, in Iowa alone... druidity33 Jan 2023 #41

Thank you for this insight. Sogo Jan 2023 #42

2021 figures indicate the population of egg-laying hens in the USA at 389 million. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #44

Farm Action isn't a "far-left group" leftstreet Jan 2023 #12

Far Left? Anytime you don't agree do you call them far left? Emile Jan 2023 #14

Do you prefer a group that denies the basic economic reality of the avian flu epidemic and inserts Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #15

I prefer backing a group that is on the side of everyone, not just Emile Jan 2023 #16

Or one could side with reason and the basic laws of economics when they come into conflict Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #17

The side of reason is on the side of everyone who Emile Jan 2023 #19

I decline the Kool-Aid. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #20

I know you think you are not insulting. . . Emile Jan 2023 #23

Absolutely. In no reasonable world does the culling of 40 million egg-laying hens Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #24

Do you always believe what powerful corporations tell you for their Emile Jan 2023 #25

Are you going to deny that millions of egg-laying hens have been culled due to the avian flu Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #26

How many millions of hens do they lose every year? Emile Jan 2023 #27

Not 40 million in a few months due to one of the worst avian flu outbreaks ever. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #28

You really don't know do you Emile Jan 2023 #30

It's a drag to read economic theories that are not Sogo Jan 2023 #46

I did. It explains the situation perfectly. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #49

"Does losing 10% of your production capacity create price increases of over 50%?" Sogo Jan 2023 #51

Sure it does. That's what happens with low cost high-demand products with few viable subsitutes Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #52

Your toss out "conspiracy theory" and "far left" to dismiss any evidence Sogo Jan 2023 #18

Yes, because the rise in egg prices is fully predictable by the laws of economics. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #22

The OP posted a helpful tip for members leftstreet Jan 2023 #29

The original OP included this: Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #34

I've said that. My neighbor says that leftstreet Jan 2023 #35

Which proves the widespread problem. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #38

LOL leftstreet Jan 2023 #39

No. Two both questions. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #40

Eggs have always been really cheap Johnny2X2X Jan 2023 #3

We've raised backyard flocks (sadly none at the moment) and I know the cost of housing, Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #6

When I was kid my parents had loosely managed flocks of free range chickens... hunter Jan 2023 #31

We lost our last flock to a racoon attack. Someone (and I believe it was me) failed to Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #32

Our dogs hate coyotes and raccoons. Skunks too. hunter Jan 2023 #43

Our dog too. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #48

Yogurt isn't vegan. hunter Jan 2023 #7

I never made the point that yogurt is vegan. Sogo Jan 2023 #9

I'm mostly vegetarian approaching vegan most days of the week. hunter Jan 2023 #36

Hint: neither are eggs. brooklynite Jan 2023 #10

People are hugely overreacting Happy Hoosier Jan 2023 #33

For every "productive" female chicken, VGNonly Jan 2023 #37

Dog and cat food. Chicken soup. hunter Jan 2023 #47

Many people are saying that they're investigating 48656c6c6f20 Jan 2023 #45

I've posted such on DU. hunter Jan 2023 #50

My ancestors weren't many people, just a few people. 48656c6c6f20 Jan 2023 #53

I made a small batch of mushroom souffle Marthe48 Jan 2023 #54

Mayo is made from eggs (and oil). Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #56

Yep Marthe48 Jan 2023 #57

When eggs return to normal prices, Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #58

I made it once when I was a teenager Marthe48 Jan 2023 #59

So much easier using a food processor vs using a whisk. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #60

Do you make it often? Marthe48 Jan 2023 #62

Not often. Not because it is hard anymore, rather it just doesn't keep as long as bottled mayo. Just A Box Of Rain Jan 2023 #63

Flax seed pecosbob Jan 2023 #64

How many weeks before a chick matures into a laying hen? eleny Jan 2023 #65