The largest producer of eggs in the United States has announced that it is halting production at a plant in Texas after the deadly bird flu was detected there, causing the company to cull the flock. Cal-Maine Foods announced on Tuesday that it halted production at its facility in Parmer County, Texas, about 85 miles southwest of Amarillo, after the disease was discovered there, ABC News reported. Besides the 1.6 million egg-laying hens at the plant, ABC reported, the company also destroyed 337,000 pullets — female chickens not yet mature enough to lay eggs. The plant is one of 42 egg-producin…
