Facing Egg Shortage, Americans Bring Chickens Home To Roost

Fuente: International Business Times

A worker holds a hen at Wabash Feed & Garden in Houston, Texas, which is doing brisk business as bird flu causes an egg shortage AFP A Houston poultry supply company is selling chickens like there is no tomorrow, as sky-high prices for eggs prompt some Americans to produce their own at home. A recent US outbreak of bird flu since early 2024 is exacting a heavy toll on poultry farms. More than 21 million egg-laying hens have been "depopulated" this year so far, after 13.