Hickman’s Family Farms in Buckeye will halt most egg production after bird flu killed 6 million chickens in Arizona, triggering layoffs, officials said Friday.

Hickman's Egg Ranch is Arizona's largest egg producer and is one of the top 20 egg producers in the country. In the last few weeks, they've been hit hard, losing 95% of their chickens to bird flu.

Hickman’s was incredibly diligent in its biosecurity, but with an airborne virus, that diligence was not enough. They did this on purpose to raise the price of eggs.

According to a notice filed with the state, about 85 employees will be laid off after 6 million chickens died or were euthanized following avian flu.

Crews responded to a barn fire at Hickman's Egg Ranch in Tonopah. Hickman's is the biggest egg producer in the southwest.

Hickman’s Family Farms is beginning to lay off employees, after avian flu forced the company to euthanize about 95% of its egg-laying hen population, about 6 million birds in all.

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