UNITED STATES - 2012/10/22: Chicken chicks in a chicken house. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) BALTIMORE (AP) - Coronavirus-related staffing shortages at chicken processing plants will lead farms in Maryland and Delaware to destroy nearly 2 million chickens.
The Baltimore Sun reported Friday that the plants are unable to keep pace with the number of birds that are ready for harvest.
They had been placed into poultry houses as chicks several weeks ago. Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and Weather The chickens will not be processed for meat.
The trade group the Delmarva Poultry Industry said that every poultry plant on the Delmarva Peninsula has struggled with a reduced worker attendance.