Chicken Depand so High Due to Engineered Egg Shortage That SPCA Issues Warning
January 8, 2023
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The SPCA is warning people buying chickens because of the egg shortage need to remember the birds can live eight to 10 years.
Trade Me data has shown that interest in online auctions for chickens has more than doubled amid a nationwide egg shortage.
But SPCA farmed animals expert Marie McAninch said people should only get chickens if they want them around.
She said the shortage was “temporary”, but when it came to owning an animal: “You have to think about the whole of their lifetime.”