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Inspectors Examine Gonzales County, Texas, Chickens after Bird-Flu Outbreak.

San Antonio Express-News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 25--State and federal workers drove up rural driveways and knocked on doors Wednesday in a continuing effort to test all the chickens within 10 miles of a flock of Gonzales County birds that were sickened last week with avian influenza.

"We're testing anything in that area," said Mark Michalke, field veterinarian for the Texas Animal Health Commission, down to "folks who may have 10 hens in the back yard for fresh eggs."

They knocked on Eric Dement's door Wednesday morning. Dem

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