MACEDONIA, Ill. — Egg farmer Josh Burkholder is keeping his chickens — all 10,000 of them — inside these days for their own good.
As egg prices surge, farmers fight to protect their hens
Josh Burkholder, co-owner of The Egg Basket in Macedonia, Ill., moves through one of his two flocks of hens totaling 10,000 birds as he collects eggs that were laid on the ground.
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