Egg industry continues to ‘make strides’ to recovery
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — An outbreak of the avian influenza swept across the Midwest this spring and left the egg farming community reeling. Thirty-five million egg-laying hens, 8 million turkeys and 5 to 6 million pullets — chickens that are a day old to 19 weeks — were affected due to the outbreak. Broiler chickens, which […]