How bird flu virus has devastated an Illinois farm as pandemic fears rise

There used to be 3,000 hens on Kakadoodle Farm in Illinois. Because of bird flu, now there are none.

MATTESON, Ill. — This is what bird flu looks like.  

The coop is empty and cavernous, the air still heavy with the stench of chicken waste.  

On the floor, wood chip bedding has soaked up most of the blood from the birds slaughtered to prevent further spread of infection.  

Stray feathers litter the ground. A few remnants of beige eggshells crunch underfoot.  

There used to be 3,000 hens on Kakadoodle Farm — scratching, pecking, following the farmworkers around. Creating a din so loud you could barely hear someone yell from the other end of the coop. 

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