# Bird flu hits Washington commercial poultry for first time this year

> Highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected at a commercial poultry facility in Pierce County, Washington, the state’s first commercial-poultry detection this year. The facility was quarantined and disease-control measures began; eggs from affected birds will be destroyed, and no human cases had been identified at the facility.

- Date: 2026-11-06 · published 2026-11-06T21:22:29.937Z
- Category: disease · region Washington, United States · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/84970-bird-flu-hits-washington-commercial-poultry-for-first-time-this-year
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md)

## Why it matters

The outbreak removes some poultry and egg output from sale, but the affected flock size is not reported, so the likely market effect is localized and uncertain.

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2026/11/bird-flu-hits-washington-commercial-poultry-for-first-time-this-year

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