# 'If there is another outbreak of bird flu I would have to sell the farm' | Irish Independent

> A Monaghan free-range producer lost his entire 14,000-hen flock to avian flu and is calling for more government protection for free-range egg producers. He says another outbreak would force him to sell the farm.

- Date: 2020-05-05 · published 2020-05-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: disease · region Ireland · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/53140-if-there-is-another-outbreak-of-bird-flu-i-would-have-to-sell-the-farm-irish
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

Repeated flock losses reduce layer numbers and could tighten local egg supply, though the effect on feed demand is small.

## Sources

- independent.ie: https://www.independent.ie/farming/if-there-is-another-outbreak-of-bird-flu-i-would-have-to-sell-the-farm/a/132981850.html

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