The bird flu at Hickman’s Farms created another hurdle for the local food industry, as the farm is one of the largest egg suppliers in the southwest.

I used to work at Hickman's Family Farms. It makes me angry to hear nasty comments from people who know nothing about egg production, bird flu or the family that owns the farm.

Hickman said that the new threat from the bird flu is that it is now being found in local animals, not just migrating birds. Local sparrows, mice and squirrels have all tested positive for bird ...

As bird flu affects more chickens, some are wondering if chickens can be vaccinated. Hickman owns four egg farms in Arizona, and said one of his egg farms was infected with bird flu twice.

Hickman said hens at one of the farms began showing symptoms two weeks ago. Swabs were sent to the University of Arizona for analysis, and bird flu was detected.

Buckeye-based Hickman’s Family Farms was forced to cull its egg-laying hens last month to stem the local bird flu outbreak, which has created a nationwide egg shortage and caused prices to soar ...

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.

The President of Hickman’s Family Farms outside of Phoenix says he’s now lost 95% of his birds to a bird flu outbreak. That’s about six million chickens.

Arizona officials have confirmed the first cases in the Southwest of a bird flu that has led to the deaths of 37 million birds from commercial farms in the central and eastern U.S.