The big Thanksgiving family breakfast may be in serious danger for some Americans this year.

The single largest reason for the scarcity is bird flu, experts have said.

In the last couple of months alone, weve seen about 10 million birds alone affected by the virus.

Some pockets of the country are facing egg shortages.

Some pockets of the country are facing egg shortages.© Olga Pankova via Getty

More recently this year, H5N1 has began to cause large outbreaks among dairy cattle.

The countrys overall egg stockpile is fine, according to the American Egg Board.

But these outbreaks have had a real impact.

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Americas egg farmers understand that eggs are essential to holiday entertaining and baking.

On the bright side, egg prices seem to be going down.

According to the latest data from theU.S.

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