According to a notice filed with the state, about 85 employees will be laid off after 6 million chickens died or were ...

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Hickman’s Family Farms is beginning to lay off employees, after avian flu forced the company to euthanize about 95% of its egg-laying hen population, about 6 million birds in all. The company will lay ...

Hickman’s Family Farms in Buckeye will halt most egg production after bird flu killed 6 million chickens in Arizona, triggering layoffs, officials said Friday.

The bird flu at Hickman’s Farms created another hurdle for the local food industry, as the farm is one of the largest egg suppliers in the southwest.

According to Hickman’s Family Farms, about six million birds have been lost due to bird flu. “I’m here today to tell you that we’ve lost 95% of the chickens we have in the state,” Glenn Hickman, ...

The President of Hickman’s Family Farms outside of Phoenix says he’s now lost 95% of his birds to a bird flu outbreak. That’s about six million chickens.

Hickman said hens at one of the farms began showing symptoms two weeks ago. Swabs were sent to the University of Arizona for analysis, and bird flu was detected.