Poultry union: no egg shortage yet due to bird flu

Around five percent of the roughly five million hens in Czechia will be culled due to the bird flu outbreak at a chicken farm in the Plzeň region. According to the Czech-Moravian Poultry Breeders’ Union, this shouldn’t affect the quantity of eggs on the market or the price for the time being.

The outbreak of bird flu at the farm in the village of Brod nad Tichou, the largest in Czechia so far, was confirmed on Friday and has so far infected around 220,000 of the 742,000 laying hens. At least four million eggs from the farm will also have to be disposed of.

The bird flu epidemic has been spreading throughout Europe for more than a year now. Outdoor breeding of poultry has been prohibited in Czechia since December 14.