Amy Vanderheide News Today

Thousands of chickens were killed in a break-and-enter at a Nova Scotia poultry wholesalers facility last month, according to the Nova Scotia RCMP.

Serenity Acres Family Ranch is among many farms across the province struggling to get hay for their animals. If the shortage continues, the farm will have to sell the horses that are part of a program that helps veterans with PTSD.

With spring less than two weeks away, Maritime chicken farmers are increasingly concerned about the worldwide outbreak of avian flu, carried by migratory birds like geese and ducks.

News releases from the Government of Nova Scotia