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The Mergens lose their chickens with the downturn in the economy

Kerry Mergen and his wife, Barb, were contract chicken farmers until demand plummeted and the owner of their chickens, Daybreak Foods, decided to cut their losses and euthanize the 61,000 hen flock.

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