The owners of Kakadoodle Farm in suburban Matteson are left in shock after bird flu decimated their operations, leading to the deaths of their entire flock of chickens.
Despite the havoc it is wreaking on the farm, health officials say the risk of the public getting sick is minimal.
The owner of the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, N.Y., has been forced to euthanize its flock of more than 100,000 ducks due to positive bird flu tests.