Close to 2 million chickens at a Weld County egg-laying facility will be killed because of the latest outbreak of a virus known as avian flu. According to the Greeley Tribune, the Colorado Department of Agriculture says 1.78 million birds will be killed at the location known as Weld 11 following a presumptive positive confirmation Friday from the Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Also, a quarantine order has been issued in parts of Weld County east of Keenesburg to limit the movement of birds in and out of the area.
Gov. Polis verbally declares disaster emergency in response to avian flu in Weld County