Egg-laying facility in Iowa kills 5.3 million chickens, fires 200-plus workers

5.3 million chickens in Iowa to be destroyed

Animal rights activists are up in arms over reports that a chicken farm in Iowa killed more than five million birds, after detecting a case of avian influenza, in what activists say was a gruesome culling method. The factory farm later dismissed the more than 200 workers it had tasked with slaughtering the hens, according to a report from The Guardian. VIDEO