The Ministry for Primary Industries says it's possible there'll be more cases of bird flu at an Otago egg farm.
The culling of 80,000 chickens at the Mainland Poultry property in Moeraki will begin tomorrow.
The Country's Jamie Mackay explained this won't create too much trouble for the sector - as there's millions of layer hens in the country.
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