The increase is due to the limited number of hens laying eggs right now ... to kill their chickens if they discover a bird flu case in a flock — a process known as "culling" — to try to ...

In November and December alone, 17.2 million egg-laying hens died as a result of the virus. That’s nearly half of all birds killed by ... a six-to-nine-month process. It’s causing some ...

The battery cage system is a common process used in commercial egg production. In this method, laying birds are confined in cages. Each cage accommodates two to four birds depending on the size of ...