Still, a lack of eggs and steep prices may lead consumers to move to other cheap forms of protein, which could lead to consumer-induced shortages and price increases, one expert told USA TODAY. Egg-laying hens and broiler chickens – poultry raised for meat – are different,

A widespread bird flu outbreak has sent egg prices skyrocketing, but that doesn’t mean chicken nuggets are about to get more expensive. That’s because chickens raised for meat, known as “broilers,” haven’t been hit nearly as hard as egg-laying hens,

Chicken prices are not suffering the same price hikes because broilers, the variety bred for meat production, are a different kind of chicken. According to The Hill, egg-laying chickens have been harder hit by the avian flu.