I don't think it's the price of the eggs but rather the strict regulations and maintenance upkeep that is hurting everyone.
i got a few relatives who lives there too
pretty much, they rent/contract their farmland to these giant corporation (food company)
the chicken comes in, they raise the chicken, collect egg, take care of the chicken
when it butcher time, they come and take the chicken away
rinse and repeated
they get paid to raise chicken for the food campany