No eggs available anywhere

dazed+confused

I'm in the north-east and haven't been able to buy eggs anywhere for over a week now.

Is this the start of the breakdown of the supply chain, or is it because of the bird-flu out break in Monaghan?

I have my own hens so am tipping along nicely but they are only starting to come into full lay now so was trying to buy some to supplement my own stocks.

Jb1989

dazed+confused wrote: »

I'm in the north-east and haven't been able to buy eggs anywhere for over a week now.

Is this the start of the breakdown of the supply chain, or is it because of the bird-flu out break in Monaghan?

I have my own hens so am tipping along nicely but they are only starting to come into full lay now so was trying to buy some to supplement my own stocks.

What about that fella on the monaghan Road outside ballybay. Hes an advert in the middle of a field about selling eggs, maybe he closed to this week.

newirishman

No eggs in the 2 shops (Lidl and SuperValu) I went to yesterday. That’s in north Dublin.

Wildsurfer

I presume it is because of the panic stockpiling that occurred and as eggs are a fresh to market product that supply is matched to a regular demand. You cant expect the hens to lay more eggs just because people go on a home baking spree!

boardise

Wildsurfer wrote: »

I presume it is because of the panic stockpiling that occurred and as eggs are a fresh to market product that supply is matched to a regular demand. You cant expect the hens to lay more eggs just because people go on a home baking spree!

We need to set up a system of 'cluck and collect'.

Atlantic Dawn

My local Tesco had the entire egg shelves empty earlier this week, was thinking it was odd because there had been no panic buying to the same degree as everything else. Must have been entire supply suspected as being contaminated.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

dazed+confused wrote: »

I'm in the north-east and haven't been able to buy eggs anywhere for over a week now.

Is this the start of the breakdown of the supply chain, or is it because of the bird-flu out break in Monaghan?

I have my own hens so am tipping along nicely but they are only starting to come into full lay now so was trying to buy some to supplement my own stocks.

I’m in the north east too. Can you spare me a few of your eggs?

StefanFal

I had 4 boiled eggs for breakfast this morning. Damn good. Soon I will have none either.

Rows Grower

Found 14 the other day that a couple of our hens had been laying in a secret hideout, it was like winning the lottery.

There's one gone into the mix there now for the chocolate salted caramel cookies that will be ready in 4 minutes.

StefanFal

Rows Grower wrote: »

Found 14 the other day that a couple of our hens had been laying in a secret hideout, it was like winning the lottery.

There's one gone into the mix there now for the chocolate salted caramel cookies that will be ready in 4 minutes.

So how many have you left now?

Rows Grower

StefanFal wrote: »

So how many have you left now?

There's 20 odd there at the moment.

uck51js9zml2yt

Was in Lidl this morning. They were restocking empty shelves.
Ive 4 birds so not effected.

Rows Grower

Look at that belter in the front, a double yolker for sure.

uck51js9zml2yt

Rows Grower wrote: »

Look at that belter in the front, a double yolker for sure.

Pity the hen squeezing that out

Genghis Cant

We've a world of eggs here. The hens are laying well. Two Turkey hens and a goose or 2 are laying too.
A few neighbours come and buy them off us normally from an honesty box but it certainly has slowed down lately.
I suppose people aren't stirring out as much.

borderlinemeath

dazed+confused wrote: »

I'm in the north-east and haven't been able to buy eggs anywhere for over a week now.

Is this the start of the breakdown of the supply chain, or is it because of the bird-flu out break in Monaghan?

I have my own hens so am tipping along nicely but they are only starting to come into full lay now so was trying to buy some to supplement my own stocks.

Where in North East? I was in Dunnes Drogheda Southgate on Thursday night and picked up a dozen. Plenty on shelves there. Or a few people about got eggs in the vending machine at Hoeys farm up the Ballymakenny road.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/bird-flu-outbreak-confirmed-in-co-monaghan-poultry-flock-1.4200299

Seamai

No shortage on Dunnes Bishopcourt, Cork this
morning but didn't have our usual brand.

easypazz

Wildsurfer wrote: »

I presume it is because of the panic stockpiling that occurred and as eggs are a fresh to market product that supply is matched to a regular demand. You cant expect the hens to lay more eggs just because people go on a home baking spree!

This,

Clonakilty sausages 227g is another I have noticed.

Another week or 2 and everything that is indigenous, beef, poultry, eggs, cheese, bread etc. will normalise.

fryup

everyone home-baking ?

pummice

StefanFal wrote: »

I had 4 boiled eggs for breakfast this morning. Damn good. Soon I will have none either.

Cool hand Luke

Boxcar_Willie

There's also a vending point on Beaulieu Road opposite St Fechins GAA ground.

whelan2

Boxcar_Willie wrote: »

There's also a vending point on Beaulieu Road opposite St Fechins GAA ground.

There's also one in Ballymakenny just up the road from the pub Hazelbeech free range eggs

Lime Tree Farm

fryup wrote: »

everyone home-baking ?

Yes. This is a wet mix,and I think it should be renamed the Easiest Brown Bread in all the land. (600 ml including the egg is enough fluid, 3/4 litres of buttermilk is way too much)

The Best Brown Bread in All the Land
It wasn’t all about the agriculture at September’s ploughing championships. Tucked away in the Aldi tent, the National Ploughing Championships ran their brown bread baking competition in association with the ICA, and a group of women battled it out for the coveted title of the best brown bread maker in the land.

The overall winner was Betty Williams from Clonmel and Edel Coffey joined Sean to discuss having been down to Clonmel last week to get Betty’s secrets to making quality brown bread.

BETTY’S AWARD-WINNING BROWN BREAD RECIPE

6 ozs white flour

10 ozs brown flour

½ tsp salt

1 tsp bread soda

2 ozs bran flakes crushed with a rolling pin

2 ozs porridge oats

2 ozs ‘Harvest Morn’ Golden Linseed Crunch with milled sunflower and pumpkin seeds and a touch of honey (available from Aldi)

1 egg

Approx ¾ litre of buttermilk

Sesame seeds to sprinkle on top before placing bread in oven

Cook at 200 degrees in a fan oven for 30 minutes then reduce heat to 170 degrees and cook for another 30 minutes.

rushvalley

Genghis Cant wrote: »

We've a world of eggs here. The hens are laying well. Two Turkey hens and a goose or 2 are laying too.
A few neighbours come and buy them off us normally from an honesty box but it certainly has slowed down lately.
I suppose people aren't stirring out as much.

Do you breed geese for christmas dinner? Any trouble finding customers for them?

Rosahane

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Yes. This is a wet mix,and I think it should be renamed the Easiest Brown Bread in all the land. (600 ml including the egg is enough fluid, 3/4 litres of buttermilk is way too much)

The Best Brown Bread in All the Land
It wasn’t all about the agriculture at September’s ploughing championships. Tucked away in the Aldi tent, the National Ploughing Championships ran their brown bread baking competition in association with the ICA, and a group of women battled it out for the coveted title of the best brown bread maker in the land.

The overall winner was Betty Williams from Clonmel and Edel Coffey joined Sean to discuss having been down to Clonmel last week to get Betty’s secrets to making quality brown bread.

BETTY’S AWARD-WINNING BROWN BREAD RECIPE

6 ozs white flour

10 ozs brown flour

½ tsp salt

1 tsp bread soda

2 ozs bran flakes crushed with a rolling pin

2 ozs porridge oats

2 ozs ‘Harvest Morn’ Golden Linseed Crunch with milled sunflower and pumpkin seeds and a touch of honey (available from Aldi)

1 egg

Approx ¾ litre of buttermilk

Sesame seeds to sprinkle on top before placing bread in oven

Cook at 200 degrees in a fan oven for 30 minutes then reduce heat to 170 degrees and cook for another 30 minutes.

Probably taste gorgeous but seems like a lot of work.

My better half just scoop out flour with a cup and tips in the rest by eye. She can make a brown or white soda in a few minutes minutes plus cooking.
Flour, wheaten meal (for the brown) salt, bread soda and buttermilk.

Her bread is always great, and she's been making it that way for the last 40 years.

Lime Tree Farm

Rosahane wrote: »

Probably taste gorgeous but seems like a lot of work.

My better half just scoop out flour with a cup and tips in the rest by eye. She can make a brown or white soda in a few minutes minutes plus cooking.
Flour, wheaten meal (for the brown) salt, bread soda and buttermilk.

Her bread is always great, and she's been making it that way for the last 40 years.

Betty Williams' recipe was like a gift for those of us around here who are a disaster at bread making.

Genghis Cant

rushvalley wrote: »

Do you breed geese for christmas dinner? Any trouble finding customers for them?

Yeah, just a small few . We killed 6 this year. And sold a few for breeding.
Easy enough sell a small few . But that's it , I'm done killing them. They're too likeable, and too much work plucking them.
If we breed any this year it'll be for pets or breeding.
Might sell a few eggs for hatching ( they're PB Pomeranian geese) and eat the rest!

rushvalley

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Yeah, just a small few . We killed 6 this year. And sold a few for breeding.
Easy enough sell a small few . But that's it , I'm done killing them. They're too likeable, and too much work plucking them.
If we breed any this year it'll be for pets or breeding.
Might sell a few eggs for hatching ( they're PB Pomeranian geese) and eat the rest!

We used to have 8/9 to sell every year but when Aldi and Lidl started selling them dirt cheap we couldn't give them away.

coolshannagh28

There has been an outbreak of bird flu (non notifiable) in the main egg producing company in CO Monaghan and a large number of hens have been slaughtered as a precaution leading to the scarcity nationwide.

Lorddrakul

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Yes. This is a wet mix,and I think it should be renamed the Easiest Brown Bread in all the land. (600 ml including the egg is enough fluid, 3/4 litres of buttermilk is way too much)

The Best Brown Bread in All the Land
It wasn’t all about the agriculture at September’s ploughing championships. Tucked away in the Aldi tent, the National Ploughing Championships ran their brown bread baking competition in association with the ICA, and a group of women battled it out for the coveted title of the best brown bread maker in the land.

The overall winner was Betty Williams from Clonmel and Edel Coffey joined Sean to discuss having been down to Clonmel last week to get Betty’s secrets to making quality brown bread.

BETTY’S AWARD-WINNING BROWN BREAD RECIPE

6 ozs white flour

10 ozs brown flour

½ tsp salt

1 tsp bread soda

2 ozs bran flakes crushed with a rolling pin

2 ozs porridge oats

2 ozs ‘Harvest Morn’ Golden Linseed Crunch with milled sunflower and pumpkin seeds and a touch of honey (available from Aldi)

1 egg

Approx ¾ litre of buttermilk

Sesame seeds to sprinkle on top before placing bread in oven

Cook at 200 degrees in a fan oven for 30 minutes then reduce heat to 170 degrees and cook for another 30 minutes.

Here's a good tip for anyone who can't get hold of buttermilk.

Pour out the same amount of full fat milk, add two large tablespoons of whole, plain yoghurt. Stir in until dissolved in the milk.

Use in the bread mix immediately. Works a treat.

Lorddrakul

Lorddrakul wrote: »

Here's a good tip for anyone who can't get hold of buttermilk.

Pour out the same amount of full fat milk, add two large tablespoons of whole, plain yoghurt. Stir in until dissolved in the milk.

Use in the bread mix immediately. Works a treat.

An acid works fine too - lemon juice or vinegar.

Tonnes of eggs in Tesco Liffey Valley yesterday, but I'd used up the last of my flour and yeast at home, assuming it would be easy enough to get my hands on more. There were 2 bags of wholemeal flour left and no yeast at all. I was lucky enough to spot a rogue 2kg tub of odlums on the wrong shelf.

I'd say baking's going to see a huge resurgence now that people are staying in.

Rows Grower

true-or-false wrote: »

An acid works fine too - lemon juice or vinegar.

Tonnes of eggs in Tesco Liffey Valley yesterday, but I'd used up the last of my flour and yeast at home, assuming it would be easy enough to get my hands on more. There were 2 bags of wholemeal flour left and no yeast at all. I was lucky enough to spot a rogue 2kg tub of odlums on the wrong shelf.

I'd say baking's going to see a huge resurgence now that people are staying in.

Nice one, have gallons of white vinegar here that we use for cleaning.

dazed+confused

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

I’m in the north east too. Can you spare me a few of your eggs?

I'm afraid I have 3 hens and even on full production they just about keep me and Mrs Dazed+Confused going!

uck51js9zml2yt

dazed+confused wrote: »

I'm afraid I have 3 hens and even on full production they just about keep me and Mrs Dazed+Confused going!

Same here with 4.i introduced m
my 2 lads to boiled eggs with soldiers. They can't get enough of them

foxy farmer

Dept have just announced Ten poultry farms confirmed with avian flu. 8 are egg laying operations.

dazed+confused

Saw that on the news this morning.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2020/0428/1135295-avian-flu/

Rows Grower

Yeah, I read somewhere this morning that Ireland is currently short of 1.5 million eggs a day to supply demand.

We couldn't survive without eggs in our house, perish the thought.

1.5 million eggs a day lost.

whelan2

In fairness though there's a huge demand on eggs during the pandemic. Much more do than a normal year

Tabnabs

Lidl have been selling British laid eggs the last couple of weeks, but only the large trays.

feartuath

I have 2 here and not enough to keep 2 houses going.
The rooster crows if he is not let out early enough so he tells me if the mother is up or not.

It is bad news for those affected farms with avian flu.
Anyone here know anything about this industry.

Stationmaster

I have 20 hens - 12/13 laying and the others should be starting soon. Will I get €5 a half dozen the way it's going I wonder!!??

Rows Grower

Stationmaster wrote: »

I have 20 hens - 12/13 laying and the others should be starting soon. Will I get €5 a half dozen the way it's going I wonder!!??

Shop in our village sells free range eggs from local hen keepers for 2 euro a half dozen.

Stationmaster

Rows Grower wrote: »

Shop in our village sells free range eggs from local hen keepers for 2 euro a half dozen.

That's cheap for local free range eggs. Generally €2.50 here and one or two farms would be €3.

Sell my eggs for €2 for 6

Nekarsulm

Local young lad has 40 free range hens, sells from an "honesty box" at the gate.
Great eggs at €1.40 /half dozen.
Shops here in Cavan have no scarcity that I've noticed.

Rows Grower

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Local young lad has 40 free range hens, sells from an "honesty box" at the gate.
Great eggs at €1.40 /half dozen.
Shops here in Cavan have no scarcity that I've noticed.

Sounds like a clever young lad that will make it in business.

tanko

Hundreds of the yokes in Lidl this evening anyway.

Happy4all

tanko wrote: »

Hundreds of the yokes in Lidl this evening anyway.

****. I only use the white parts to make Pavlova

Booked 4 more chickens for this weekend and another 6 broilers and a couple of ducklings for whenever they're ready.