Urbandale, Iowa — The avian flu has affected not only wild birds but our egg-laying hens as well.
That’s from the Executive Director of the Iowa Egg Council and Iowa Poultry Association, Kevin Stiles. He says avian flu is transmitted from bird to bird. Wild birds carried the avian flu when they passed through Iowa as they flew south for the winter. The wild birds then transmitted the avian flu to laying hens, among other poultry.
Stiles tells KIWA how laying hens were affected.
He says when the demand for eggs doesn’t change but the supply becomes less, that will cause a rise in price. Stiles tells us what they hope will happen.
With more available hens, there will be more available eggs, and prices are hoped to go back to what we would consider normal. When asked if the eggs in the stores were safe, Stiles had this to say.
In Sheldon, a dozen large eggs are about five to six dollars in grocery stores.
