LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The prices of eggs are spiking across the nation as millions of chickens have been wiped out by bird flu. With the detection of the virus in cattle in Nye County, local farms in Southern Nevada are taking extra precautions keep their hens safe.
Wednesday, FOX5 visited the Las Vegas Farm one of the biggest egg producers in the Las Vegas area and they’ve made major changes to keep their birds from getting the bird flu.
“We have lots of chickens. I believe we have more chickens than anybody in the county,” asserted Sharon Linsenbardt, owner of the Las Vegas Farm. For 50 years, the Las Vegas Farm has been taking in unwanted, abused, and neglected farm animals.
“We bring them in here and we give them sanctuary for the rest of their natural life,” Linsenbardt revealed. That includes chickens now numbering in the hundreds.
“We have hundreds and hundreds of eggs every day, so we’ve got an awful lot of birds,” explained Linsenbardt. To protect those birds, right now they won’t be taking any more in.
“I won’t let anything cross our gate,” Linsenbardt stated. They are determined to keep the virus out. Anyone who comes onto the farm must walk across Lysol mats to remove any possible contamination from their shoes. Linsenbardt says they’ve also changed feeding patterns trying to keep wild birds like pigeons potential carries of the virus out especially with cattle in Southern Nevada testing positive.
“Nye County is awful close and we’re fearful every day…the chickens boy, they get it and they are dead in a day. You’ll know right away if you’ve got it… We haven’t got it here. We don’t want it here and we do everything we can to protect us here,” Linsenbardt reported.
The Las Vegas Farm sells their eggs to the public every Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. They say they have been selling out lately with the higher demand from higher prices in stores. They plan to start limiting the number of eggs people can buy.
At this time, the Las Vegas Farm is now not allowing the public to interact with their chickens due to the risk of someone carrying the bird flu.
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