11 percent of egg-laying hens dead in two months from bird flu

U.S. egg farmers lost 11 percent of their laying hens in two months, the government said – the latest impact of the worst avian influenza epidemic to ever hit the poultry industry. Table-egg production during May, at 6.86 million eggs, was 8-percent lower than in March. The monthly Chicken and Eggs report said there were 271 million… » Read More