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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

This is very relevant.

Weber’s company, Sunrise Farms, had to slaughter its entire flock of egg-laying hens — 550,000 birds — to prevent the disease from infecting other farms in Sonoma County

During the past two months, nearly a dozen commercial farms have had to destroy more than 1 million birds to control the outbreak (as of 27 Jan 24)

the current outbreak of the virus that began in early 2022 has prompted officials to slaughter nearly 82 million birds, mostly egg-laying chickens, in 47 U.S. states

In California, the outbreak has impacted more than 7 million chickens in about 40 commercial flocks and 24 backyard flocks

https://apnews.com/article/avian-flu-chicken-outbreak-california-poultry-eggs-976f0f82843bf716dbad64f459b4b8be

Also, shit: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/01/texas-cows-bird-flu-human-infection/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The numbers are insane. Over a million chickens

[–] brbposting 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Some (at least) were killed brutally. Gassed in the hen houses, panicking as they died, trying to peck their way out. Poor birds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don’t advise you to look up what they do when they find out a chick is a male.

[–] brbposting 1 points 10 months ago

That culling was more expensive than some newish process of like shining light through the eggs right?

Brutal fa sho

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That's just in Sonoma County, between Dec '23 and Jan '24.