Bird flu has forced farmers to slaughter millions of chickens a month, contributing (along with inflation) to the steep price of commercial eggs and resulting in some scantily stocked stores around the country. The scarcity and high prices are causing some to look for a backyard alternative.

Rising egg prices has some shoppers trying to find a cheaper solution. “This look is all about American exceptionalism,” she said of her pro-Trump ensemble on the Grammys red carpet.

Eggs are a menu staple at Ants Pants Cafe in Graduate Hospital. Customers scarf them down in hashes with Italian sausage, in breakfast burritos with ground sirloin, and atop smoked salmon and hash browns with hollandaise sauce.