Free-Range Egg Supply at Risk as UK Poultry Kept Indoors While Bird-Flu Rages

(Bloomberg) UK chickens and hens will stay indoors until the country’s worst-ever bird flu outbreak abates further.  While risk levels are reviewed weekly, housing orders in place since November in England may not lift until spring, when wild birds that carry the virus migrate elsewhere, Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss said Tuesday. That means free-range eggs — which typically account for more than half of supply — could soon be off the shelves.