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Inventories	12 Months Ended
Inventories	Jun. 03, 2023
Inventories [Abstract]
Inventories	Note 5 - Inventories Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands): June 3, 2023 May 28, 2022 Flocks, net of amortization $ 164,540 $ 144,051 Eggs and egg products 28,318 26,936 Feed and supplies 91,560 92,329 $ 284,418 $ 263,316 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 June 3, 2023 and May 28, 2022, consisted of approximately 10.8 million and 11.5 million pullets and breeders and 41.2 million and 42.2 million layers, respectively. The Company expensed amortization and mortality associated with the flocks to cost of sales as follows (in thousands): June 3, 2023 May 28, 2022 May 29, 2021 Amortization $ 186,973 $ 160,107 $ 133,448 Mortality 10,455 8,011 6,769 Total flock costs charged to cost of sales $ 197,428 $ 168,118 $ 140,217