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Inventories	12 Months Ended
Inventories	May 28, 2022
Inventories [Abstract]
Inventories	Note 5 - Inventories Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands): May 28, 2022 May 29, 2021 Flocks, net of amortization $ 144,051 $ 123,860 Eggs and egg products 26,936 21,084 Feed and supplies 92,329 73,431 $ 263,316 $ 218,375 We grow and maintain flocks of layers (mature female chickens), pullets (female chickens under 18 weeks of age), and breeders (male and female chickens used to produce fertile eggs to hatch for egg production flocks). Our total flock at May 28, 2022 and May 29, 2021, consisted of approximately 11.5 million and 10.8 million pullets and breeders and 42.2 million and 37.8 million layers, respectively. The Company expensed amortization and mortality associated with the flocks to cost of sales as follows (in thousands): May 28, 2022 May 29, 2021 May 30, 2020 Amortization $ 160,107 $ 133,448 $ 133,379 Mortality 8,011 6,769 5,823 Total flock costs charged to cost of sales $ 168,118 $ 140,217 $ 139,202