[C19fan]

If this law is legal then I guess if the voters of California wanted to they can pass a vote saying one can only eat organic, non-GMO, free range, halal, fair trade, and what ever other restrictions the hipster foodie types want food. In other words, if California wanted to they could force people to $10+ prices for a pound of chicken.

[Smokin' Joe]

The new standard backed by animal rights advocates has drawn ire nationwide because farmers in Iowa, Ohio and other states who sell eggs in California have to abide by the same requirements.

EffEm. Don't sell them eggs.

[proxy_user]

What is to stop some entrepreneur from selling non-Califonia eggs to the other 49 states? He could undercut everyone on price, and get the whole market.

[Texas Eagle]

In other words, if California wanted to they could force people to $10+ prices for a pound of chicken.

That's exactly what they're shooting for.

[Sasparilla]

Careful, those west coast hipsters may read your comment and get ideas.

[Red Badger]

Only eggs from gay chickens are allowed.........................

[Mechanicos]

More people will start raising chickens and selling eggs locally as a side job.

[Haiku Guy]

There is no reason non-California sold eggs should be California compliant. If a egg producer wants to sell high priced eggs in California, that is a profitable business, no doubt. But if he tries to sell eggs at the same price anywhere else, he will be undercut by lower-cost producers.

Unless, of course, the egg producers are acting as an oligarchy, in which case we are all screwed.

[cuban leaf]

We have 14 layers and eggs coming out of our ears. A lot of people around here do. Eggs are the one thing we have not bought since our first year after moving to Kentucky.

[broken_arrow1]

After all, chickens are people too!

[ZULU]

High egg costs will translate into higher costs for everything they go into: pastries, breads, all kinds of prepared food.

I am conflicted on this. The animals should be housed humanely. I don’t know enough about existing conditions or the law to comment but I am suspicious of anything coming out of California.

I wonder how many laying hens I need to get a dozen eggs a week? Maybe a couple of ostriches is a better investment. They can double as watchdogs!

[jetson]

Calif shut down a fantastic oyster farm in Drakes Bay now they are ruining the egg industry. Calif does back the pot growing industry because they claim it is good for other businesses. One screwed up state.

[docbnj]

There are ways around this law. I am inspired by how farmers in the former East Germany managed to attain the ridiculous egg quotas decreed by the SED (Socialist Unity Party). The farmers and their family members went to the stores and bought up eggs which were subsidized as part of the social welfare plan. Then they turned in those eggs as their own production , and were paid at the higher “wholesale” rate given to the cooperatives and collective farms. The eggs were thus credited a second time against the goals of the latest Plan. This recycling of eggs earned them extra money, and made the Plan look successful, and everyone was happy. Government figures showed that people were just stuffing themselves with eggs. Of course, there never seemed to be many actually for sale, but that did not bother the planners.

Now back to the USA, and the new CA requirements. In this case, a chicken farmer in IA need only to have a few “California pens” meeting the standards of the new CA law. (You can take it from there.)

[onedoug]

Saw one of them hipsters yesterday in his red pants. He looked ready to spend a lot on lunch.

[I am Richard Brandon]

The issue is not eggs. The issues are the number of things that increase in price directly caused by the dictatorship in Sacramento, and by how much.

Starters for 2015: eggs and gasoline. Any others?

[Captain Peter Blood]

Well when eggs get to $1 a piece then what?????????????

[SamAdams76]

The Egg McMuffin sandwich was invented by McDonalds in 1972 and went on to become the biggest selling breakfast sandwich of all time.

However, I find that making them at home is so much better. What I do is fry up some bacon and two eggs over hard (per sandwich) on the skillet. Toast an English muffin. Fold the two eggs on top of each other and place on toasted muffin with the slab of bacon in between. Then top off with a slice or two of deli-cut Swiss cheese.

The best English muffin sandwich you will ever have.

Since moving to Connecticut, I see a lot of my neighbors raising their own egg-laying chickens. I already gotten some eggs from them and they are really good. I'm thinking that I'm going to get some egg laying chickens of my own.

Now as for chicken coop, I've been searching on Zillow.com and I found what should be adequate housing for my chickens.

Featuring an "open-concept" layout with cathedral ceilings and screened in porch, my chickens should be very well accommodated. There's some hen-laying bays with a lid that will allow me to access the eggs without having to enter into their space and intrude upon their privacy all that much.

There's even a "handicapped" ramp that will provide egress for those chickens who have difficulty hopping. A screen door allows access to the 2 1/2 acres of land on my properly so that they can do the "free-range" thing.

[bgill]

If chicken was $10/lb then they’d have to raise the min. wage to $50/hr. Too many don’t understand it’s a vicious cycle.

[Cacique500]

We mail ordered 5 chicks (2 barred rocks and 3 buff orpingtons) about 18 months ago (all hens) and they’ve been nothing but an absolute blast to have around...very entertaining creatures and one of the few “pets with benefits”. We get 4/5 beautiful eggs a day when they’re laying (not laying now due to winter/molting).

The eggs are fantastic because we control what they eat (including anything that crawls around in our yard)...and they’ll eat just about anything you give them.

If you’re interested in raising chickens check out the Backyardchickens.com forum for any info you need.

One commenter above said chickens were nasty dirty creatures - which is absolutely NOT true. Ours stay incredibly clean and if you set the coop/run up correctly (we use Sweet PDZ as a base in both) and maintain it (10 minutes once per week for me) there is ZERO smell/mess.

Our coop is a 6x4 foot with an attached 12x4 ft run...the coop and 2/3 of the run is covered to keep moisture down.

Rule of thumb is 10 sq ft per bird (medium/large breeds) in the run and 4 sq ft per bird in the coop.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Eggs are now thru the roof in price. $5.29 for 18 eggs at Costco. They used to be about $2.39 or so.