Inventories

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2019

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

	August 31, 2019		June 1, 2019
Flocks	$	109,323	$	105,536
Eggs and egg products	16,873		14,318
Feed and supplies	56,200		52,383
	$	182,396	$	172,237

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 August 31, 2019 consisted of approximately 9.6 million pullets and breeders and 36.5 million layers.