The largest producer of fresh eggs in the U.S. said Tuesday it had temporarily halted production at a Texas plant after bird flu was found in chickens, and officials said the virus had also been detected at a poultry facility in Michigan.
Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. said in a statement that approximately 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, about 3.6% of its total flock, were destroyed after the infection, avian influenza, was found at a facility in Parmer County, Texas.
The plant is on the Texas-New Mexico border in the Texas Panhandle about 85 miles (137 kilometers) southwest of Amarillo and about 370 miles (595 kilometers) northwest of Dallas. Cal-Maine said it sells most of its eggs in the Southwestern, Southeastern, Midwestern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
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Eggs that are properly handled and cooked are safe to eat, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
in our area at least there is too much ground pollution to keep chickens for food let alone grow any amount of backyard crops
yes in the US
Can you look into local co-ops or CSA’s? We get fresh eggs from just outside the city. Every two weeks we get two dozen and pick them up from a market in town.
we do but they do not always have enough stock
our town just doubled in population size but did not grow in any other areas