# Poultry Farmers Forced to Kill a Half-Million Birds After Avian Flu Outbreak - Newsweek

> UK officials said poultry farmers have been forced to cull 500,000 birds after avian flu outbreaks, with about 40 confirmed outbreaks this season against 24 in all of 2020-21. Northern Ireland culled about 22,000 ducks and wild bird infections exceed 300 in Britain.

- Date: 2021-12-09 · published 2021-12-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region UK · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43601-poultry-farmers-forced-to-kill-a-half-million-birds-after-avian-flu-outbreak
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The rapid rise in outbreaks points to continued poultry supply losses in the UK, supporting chicken and egg prices.

## Read by commodity

- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Sources

- newsweek.com: https://www.newsweek.com/poultry-farmers-forced-kill-half-million-birds-after-avian-flu-outbreak-1657795

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