One state’s flawed, desperate new plan to fix its egg shortage

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One state’s flawed, desperate new plan to fix its egg shortage

Caged hens on a commercial egg farm in Pennsylvania. | Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press H5N1, a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza known as bird flu, continues to wreak havoc on the nation’s egg farms. In just the last month, more than 21.2 million egg-laying hens — about 7 percent of the national flock — have fallen prey to the virus or been brutally killed by egg producers in an effort to slow its spread. It’s led to egg shortages and …