Workers wearing protection suits prepare to cull chickens at a poultry farm where the bird flu virus had been found in Miyazaki, southern Japan January 22, 2011. Six chickens have been confirmed infected with a highly pathogenic avian flu virus at a poultry farm in Miyazaki where dozens of birds were found dead, the Miyazaki prefectural government said on Saturday, prompting the central government to convene a task force meeting, Kyodo news reported. REUTERS