And anytime a chicken or turkey gets sick, the entire flock is slaughtered to help limit the spread. The shortages do tend to be isolated, so they might not be a problem at your store. But there's no way to predict when a massive farm with millions of birds might get hit,

Not only are eggs expensive because of the ongoing bird flu outbreak. Now they are getting hard to find. And when stores do have eggs, consumers are starting to face limits on how many they can buy. Eggs have become such a hot commodity that there have even been a couple of heists where thieves seem to be treating the yolks as if they were made

Many companies cite the avian flu as a source of the egg shortage nationwide and are doing their best to meet customer needs.