Bird eggs range in colors and can be ornately maculated with spots, blotches and scrawls. They vary in shape and size, and they must be thick enough to withstand the weight of an incubating parent but ...

Bird flu is sweeping through egg-laying chickens in the United States at an unprecedented rate. So far in 2025, 30 million layers, as they’re known, have been culled, close to the 38 million killed ...

OMAHA, Neb.— Egg producers blame the bird flu outbreak for driving prices to record highs, but critics believe giant companies are taking advantage of their market dominance to profit handsomely at ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Bird flu might be out of sight for most consumers, though it’s not out of mind for farmers. Avian influenza, known as bird flu, has killed 168 million birds and counting, but there ...

U.S. egg prices increased again last month to reach a new record-high of $6.23 per dozen despite President Donald Trump’s predictions, a drop in wholesale prices and no egg farms having bird flu ...

Bird flu is once again ripping through commercial poultry farms, with federal and state officials scrambling to respond amid concerns about egg prices rising. More than 7.1 million birds have been ...