WEST END, N.C. – A fire at a Watts Auman Farm chicken house in Moore County killed 19,000 chickens on Thursday.

  • A fire killed 19,000 chickens on Thursday
  • Only a few chickens survived
  • Watts Auman Farm is associated with Perdue Farms

The fire began around 9:40 p.m., and first responders found “flames and heavy smoke coming from the chicken house.” It took multiple fire units 40 minutes to get the fire under control.

Only a few chickens in the chicken house survived.

The Watts Auman Farm is associated with Perdue Farms, another identical house was unharmed, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.