The company says it “depopulated” about 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, or about 3.6% of its flock, as a result of the outbreak.
Source: Bird flu has been detected at the largest chicken egg manufacturer in the U.S. : NPR
“depopulated” is NPR-speak for “killed”?
“The company says it “depopulated” about 1.6 million laying hens and 337,000 pullets, or about 3.6% of its flock, as a result of the outbreak.”
an interesting Fark comment:
If hens lay an egg every 26 hours, is the light cycle set to 26 hours? or maybe it doesn’t matter?
i wonder how many George the Chicken man had? I seem to recall 10k / floor, so 40k when I was a teen.
