The National Farmers Union says a farm in Ayrshire and two in Aberdeenshire have been affected.
Since 7 November all poultry and captive birds in England must be kept indoors, but Scotland's chief vet said these strict rules would not be replicated north of the border.He added: "Our birds might have survived if they had been shut in a week or so before."
Mr Robb told BBC Scotland he suspected his hens were infected by migrating Canadian geese which stopped at a marsh on his farm."I have been doing this job for 30 years and my father-in-law farmed for 40 years before that."Mr Robb said farmers were not able to put prices up and had to rely on what retailers were prepared to pay, despite challenges posed by soaring feed and energy costs.
The latest outbreak of avian flu is the largest seen in the UK to date, and has affected the wild bird population as well as commercial and backyard flocks. The Scottish government said the disease was also affecting wild bird populations elsewhere in the world, and it had published updated advice on the reporting, collection and safe disposal of wild bird carcases.
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