From Louisana Lickers to hot garlic to honey barbeque, there's never a bad time for chicken wings, but now one of America's favorite foods is facing a major price spike.

"We're losing money on every single wing we would sell, also for our base price too and even some of the distributors we use are having trouble getting them," says John Rude, Owner of the Magic Tree Pub in Boardman. 

But what is behind the major price hike, that's causing some to cry "fowl"?

"From our standpoint, processing accessibility, the fact that during the pandemic restaurants were shut down and so there was a huge amount of animals that were in the growing phases that were euthanized so there was a gap in that production," says Steve Montgomery, Executive Director of lampost Farm in Columbiana. 

Montgomery goes on to add that there are a variety of different dynamics that play into the price hike, from the increase in soy and corn for chicken feed to processing facilities taking fewer birds due to a lack of help.

The price of a chicken wing has gotten so high it's forced some restaurants to at least temporarily remove them from their menus.

"I had them at 185 dollars a case and at that, we are paying one dollar and fifteen cents for a wing depending on how many you get and the size. I have seen the quality decline of the wings, the size decline so we made a choice for the company to hold off for a couple of weeks only," adds Rudy. 

Rudy hopes to see a drop in prices in the coming weeks and to add them back on to his menu.