By Gillan Ludlow
Poultry Times staff
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — An outbreak of the avian influenza swept across the Midwest this spring and left the egg farming community reeling. Thirty-five million egg-laying hens, 8 million turkeys and 5 to 6 million pullets — chickens that are a day old to 19 weeks — were affected due to the outbreak.
Broiler chickens, which are used for meat, were not affected as much because there aren't many broiler farms in areas where the flu occurred. Broiler chickens. . .
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