Egg rationing in America has officially begun
In recent days, an ominous sign has appeared throughout Texas. "Eggs [are] not for commercial sale," read warnings, printed on traditional 8 1/2-by-11-inch pieces of white paper and posted at H-E-B grocery stores across Texas. "The purchase of eggs is limited to 3 cartons of eggs per customer."
H-E-B, which operates some 350 supermarkets, is one of the largest chains not only in the state, but in the whole country. And it has begun, as the casual but foreboding notices warn, to ration its eggs.
"The United States is facing a temporary disruption in the supply of eggs due to the Avian Flu," a statement released on Thursday said. "H-E-B is committed to ensuring Texas families and households have access to eggs. The signs placed on our shelves last week are to deter commercial users from buying eggs in bulk."
The news, as the grocer suggests, comes on the heels of what has been a devastating several months for egg farmers in the United States. Avian flu, which has proven lethal in other parts of the world, has spread throughout the United States like wildfire. Since April, when cases began spreading by the thousands each week, the virus has escalated to a point of national crisis.
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They have a coop for night, but during the day they can go anywhere.
My father bought 26 acres way back in the day. He passed in 2012. I'd been working the land even before, but have expanded the flock. Chickens, geese, ducks, guinea hens, and one mean rooster. They stay close to the homestead, but they're free as birds lol.
The trick is finding the eggs 
egg panels. 
We shell never blend to the pinko whisk!
ETA: Somebody please stop me here before I hurt myself! 
...because if I don't stop I'm afraid I'll never get my brain back from the dark side.
