"We've lost 120 million birds since the beginning of 2022. In the last few months alone, since the middle of October, we've lost 45 million egg-laying hens," he added. "We've lost a significant ...

The egg industry is shelling out millions of dollars as farms try to prevent bird flu amid an outbreak that has no end in ...

They sanitize visitors’ tires, blast noise cannons, or play predatory bird calls to scare off wild waterfowl that carry the virus. The egg industry is shelling out millions of dollars as farms ...

Can you freeze eggs? Yes! If you have more eggs than you can use within a few weeks, you can freeze them − but not in their shells. Eggs expand when frozen, which can cause shells to crack and ...

Egg farmers are starting to worry that the fight ... US Department of Agriculture process that helped end the 2014-15 bird flu outbreak. But the flu continued to spread and ravage his flock ...

An ongoing bird flu outbreak in the United States has resulted in egg prices skyrocketing in the country, hitting a record high in January. The average price of one dozen Grade A eggs has surged ...

JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. (WCIV) — The cost of eggs is on the rise, and it could continue to climb due to a bird flu outbreak causing a shortage in supplies. Across the country, farms are being forced ...

When a farm has a confirmed case of the so-called bird flu virus, the whole flock needs to be killed to contain the spread. More than 45 million chickens - roughly 15 percent of the nation's ...

However, there is more than inflation driving the egg increase. The ongoing bird flu has led to the slaughter ... In California, where shell eggs are required to be sold cage-free, a carton ...