Monday, November 9, 2026

Bird flu outbreak at California egg ranch wipes out 1.3 million chickens

 
Headline:  Hoodline,  11/7/2026

An HPAI infection at an unnamed Stanislaus County egg ranch resulted in the loss of 1.3 million hens. The case is notable for its scale and comes amid reports of infections in poultry and dairy herds in several states. 
The USDA figure was reported by the Hanford Sentinel in a November 6 article, which said the discovery was reported on October 28. The Sentinel described it as California's first commercial-poultry detection of the fall and the state's largest such outbreak in more than a year. The ranch's name has not been made public. 
A Pattern of Backyard and Commercial Cases 
Three backyard flocks in California tested positive earlier in October, according to the Sentinel's report. It also reported new bird-flu cases in dairy cows in Washington State and Colorado within the past week. 
California's recent commercial-flock cases include a raised-for-release upland game bird flock in Butte County in January and a broiler flock in Sonoma County in February, where roughly 86,000 birds were affected, according to the Sentinel. Infected birds are culled as a measure to limit further spread.

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