Hens for rent against the stars of the eggs of the eggs. To make up for record upgrades and the scarcity of this central food for the Americans’ diet, the “Rent the Chicken” service, the Hand rental to produce their eggs at homecomplete with dedicated equipment.
A stratagem devised precisely to deal with the crisis that has emptied the shelves of the US supermarkets, especially because of the avian influence that is bringing the avian industry to the country to its knees, making the prices splash up to even the 60% more.
The price of eggs in the USA
Since 2022, over 168 million birds have been demolished in the United States to try to limit the spread of avian influence, 40 million chickens and turkeys only between December 2024 and January 2025.
The circulation of the virus between the birds in recent months has received an acceleration and the combined arranged between the new outbreaks and the inflation have led to a deficiency in the offer of eggs and a surge in prices: in March the average cost of a pack of 12 was around the 7 dollars.
Although wholesale rates have begun to decrease in recent weeks, the prices on supermarket shelves have also remained high for a further increase in the demand recorded for Easter.
The data published on April 10 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show how the average retail price of the eggs has reached $ 6.23 the dozen in March, beating the previous record of 5.90 dollars reached in February.
The largest egg manufacturer in the United States, Cal-Maine Foods, said in April that its quarterly profits are more than tripled and the American justice department has started an investigation to verify any speculations.
The Rent the Chicken company
The egg crisis in the USA is lucky enough Rent the chicken, A company founded in 2013 in Pennsylvania who proposes to “offer people the opportunity to try to raise chickens in the garden to have fresh eggs, without a long-term commitment”, as explained by the co-founder Jenn Tompkins.
Over the years the activity has spread in over 40 cities of the United States, where local breeders have opened branches, but this year the service has exploded, also coming to triple the requests: “It is becoming quite popular, because everyone wants to know where their eggs come from – explained Joe Defrancesco, owner of a headquarters in Connecticut – is not so much the price of the eggs, but rather I want to be sure of having eggs”.
The Rent the Chicken site explains that following the confirmation of the booking, customers will receive a mobile chicken coop at home, from two to four hens who are already laying the eggs and the material necessary to start the rental, with a cost around the 500 dollars for a period of 5-6 monthswith the possibility of adopting the hens at the end of the service.
