Anna Helhoski

Those are likely to be your most expensive eggs.

Yeah, that is happening in some places, and it seems strange, but it actually makes sense. Conventional eggs are factory farmed in massive plants, and that's a far cry from the bucolic hen houses that we'd all like to imagine our eggs coming from. So when a single hen gets sick in one of these plants, it threatens far more chickens than in cage-free or free-range or pasture-range farms.

Yeah, that is happening in some places, and it seems strange, but it actually makes sense. Conventional eggs are factory farmed in massive plants, and that's a far cry from the bucolic hen houses that we'd all like to imagine our eggs coming from. So when a single hen gets sick in one of these plants, it threatens far more chickens than in cage-free or free-range or pasture-range farms.

Yeah, that is happening in some places, and it seems strange, but it actually makes sense. Conventional eggs are factory farmed in massive plants, and that's a far cry from the bucolic hen houses that we'd all like to imagine our eggs coming from. So when a single hen gets sick in one of these plants, it threatens far more chickens than in cage-free or free-range or pasture-range farms.

That's not to say specialty egg-laying chickens are insulated from avian flu. In fact, chickens that produce specialty eggs are actually more susceptible to the disease because they're in direct contact with other birds and potentially outside wildlife. The difference is those farms are much smaller, so fewer birds overall are impacted.

That's not to say specialty egg-laying chickens are insulated from avian flu. In fact, chickens that produce specialty eggs are actually more susceptible to the disease because they're in direct contact with other birds and potentially outside wildlife. The difference is those farms are much smaller, so fewer birds overall are impacted.

That's not to say specialty egg-laying chickens are insulated from avian flu. In fact, chickens that produce specialty eggs are actually more susceptible to the disease because they're in direct contact with other birds and potentially outside wildlife. The difference is those farms are much smaller, so fewer birds overall are impacted.

Well, farms are testing chickens regularly. And when H5N1 is found, those chickens are culled or depopulated within 24 hours, which are nicer sounding ways to say selectively killed. I won't go into what that actually entails because this is a family show.

Well, farms are testing chickens regularly. And when H5N1 is found, those chickens are culled or depopulated within 24 hours, which are nicer sounding ways to say selectively killed. I won't go into what that actually entails because this is a family show.

Well, farms are testing chickens regularly. And when H5N1 is found, those chickens are culled or depopulated within 24 hours, which are nicer sounding ways to say selectively killed. I won't go into what that actually entails because this is a family show.

Well, when birds need to be killed due to disease, poultry producers are compensated by the federal government. The USDA says that policy is critical to incentivize farms to report outbreaks and then reduce spreading. The USDA doesn't pay for the birds that die from the flu itself, though, just the hens that are culled.

Well, when birds need to be killed due to disease, poultry producers are compensated by the federal government. The USDA says that policy is critical to incentivize farms to report outbreaks and then reduce spreading. The USDA doesn't pay for the birds that die from the flu itself, though, just the hens that are culled.

Well, when birds need to be killed due to disease, poultry producers are compensated by the federal government. The USDA says that policy is critical to incentivize farms to report outbreaks and then reduce spreading. The USDA doesn't pay for the birds that die from the flu itself, though, just the hens that are culled.

Yeah, the National Economic Council and the USDA are planning to use, quote, enhanced biosecurity measures and medication, end quote, to control the spread. There's also conditional approval by the USDA for an avian flu vaccine, which is generally backed by the poultry and dairy industry.

Yeah, the National Economic Council and the USDA are planning to use, quote, enhanced biosecurity measures and medication, end quote, to control the spread. There's also conditional approval by the USDA for an avian flu vaccine, which is generally backed by the poultry and dairy industry.

Yeah, the National Economic Council and the USDA are planning to use, quote, enhanced biosecurity measures and medication, end quote, to control the spread. There's also conditional approval by the USDA for an avian flu vaccine, which is generally backed by the poultry and dairy industry.

So in the midst of shrinking the size of the federal government workforce, the U.S. Department of Agriculture accidentally fired multiple employees who were working on response to the avian flu outbreak. Last week, the USDA said it was able to rehire those workers.

So in the midst of shrinking the size of the federal government workforce, the U.S. Department of Agriculture accidentally fired multiple employees who were working on response to the avian flu outbreak. Last week, the USDA said it was able to rehire those workers.

So in the midst of shrinking the size of the federal government workforce, the U.S. Department of Agriculture accidentally fired multiple employees who were working on response to the avian flu outbreak. Last week, the USDA said it was able to rehire those workers.

And the mass layoffs at the Food and Drug Administration's Food Division also prompted the food safety chief, Jim Jones, to resign in protest.