Hundreds of thousands of chickens are being "humanely depopulated and
disposed of."

Hoard your chickens now - before the chicken shelves go Venezuela.

Corporal Sanders, BigPoultry, Ret.

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bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

Technobarbarian wrote:
> On 3/23/2022 10:53 AM, bfh wrote:
>> Hundreds of thousands of chickens are being "humanely depopulated
>> and disposed of."
>>
>> Hoard your chickens now - before the chicken shelves go Venezuela.
>>
>> Corporal Sanders, BigPoultry, Ret.
>>
>
> "More industrial chicken farms around Scio raise community concerns,
> backlash"
>
> If permitting allows, Scio and neighboring towns could be home to two
> of Oregon’s largest chicken farming operations
> BY: ALEX BAUMHARDT - FEBRUARY 28, 2022 6:00 AM
>
> "On a recent Wednesday evening about 60 people living in and around
> the town of Scio southeast of Salem gathered in their local community
> center to discuss the arrival of new neighbors.
>
> In just the last two years, three area farms sold to industrial
> chicken growers who brought with them plans to produce millions of
> broiler chickens a year. If established, at least two of the farms
> would become the largest confined feeding operations of broiler
> chickens in the state, according to the Oregon Department of
> Agriculture. Both of those farms would be selling their chickens to
> California-based processor Foster Farms, the largest on the West Coast.
>
> Though each of the three farms has submitted building plans to the
> county, and one has begun construction, none of the farms has yet
> received a necessary state permit to operate.
>
> Some living in the area wonder why producers are landing on this
> particular slice of the Willamette Valley. They’re worried about how
> much manure the chickens could produce, whether it would get into the
> nearby North Santiam River or Thomas Creek, tributaries to the
> Willamette River. They worry about smells, and industrial fans blowing
> dust and dander from the chicken compounds into the water and the air.
>
> The producers and advocates contend that running large-scale chicken
> farms is better for the environment than a host of smaller scattered
> operations. They say that producing at that scale is needed to meet
> growing regional and national demand.
>
> According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans eat twice
> as much chicken now as they did 50 years ago – nearly 100 pounds per
> person per year.
>
> At that Wednesday meeting on Feb. 23, Kendra Kimbirauskas encouraged
> her neighbors to write to local legislators to oppose the farms and
> the state process for issuing permits for CAFOs – controlled animal
> feeding operations.
>
> Kimbirauskas is vice president of the Northwest Farmers Union and
> raises beef cattle, goats, chickens and hogs on pasture near Thomas
> Creek not far from one of the proposed chicken operations. She also is
> part of Farmers Against Foster Farms, the group opposed to the chicken
> farms.
>
> “These chicken warehouses are coming in and they’re really just
> factories, and we don’t have rules in place that adequately
> protect people,” she said in an interview.
>
> Kimbirauskas takes issue with Oregon’s permitting process for
> confined animal feeding operations. People often get approval from
> county officials for the buildings they need before they apply to the
> state Agriculture Department for the state permit.
>
> Kimbirauskas and the Farmers Against Foster Farms want more
> opportunity for public input before buildings are permitted, and they
> want to stop the three proposed chicken farms from going forward.
>
> The producers continue to wait for their state permits. The
> Agriculture Department has no set timeline for deciding on the
> permits. One application has been in process for more than a year.
>
> The first of the chicken operations
>
> Scio is a town of about 900 people and is the self-proclaimed
> “covered bridge capital of the West.” The people there pride
> themselves on their bucolic countryside and pasture, according to
> Christina Eastman, who grew up farming corn and other crops, then
> grass seed, across 300 acres with her grandfather, father and uncles.
>
> “It’s like being on top of heaven,” Eastman said of the rolling
> hills and forests of the Willamette Valley.
>
> The area is home to several large-scale cattle and dairy operations,
> including one that can house more than 1,000 cows, and many farmers in
> the area raise livestock on pasture.
>
> But Eastman takes issue with where the new operations will be built,
> along the North Santiam River, Thomas Creek and, one of them, about a
> quarter mile from where she lives."
> [snip]
>
> https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/02/28/more-industrial-chicken-farms-around-scio-raise-community-concerns-backlash/
>
>
>       I think we may be approaching peak NIMBY here. The farmers are
> pissed because there's going to be more farming where they live. LOL
>
> "The Top 13 Chicken Statistics
>
> There are roughly 518.3 million chickens in the United States.
> There are roughly 25.9 billion chickens living in the world.
> China is the leading producer of chickens, with over 5.14 billion
> chickens living in Mainland China.
> Iowa is the leading chicken farming industry with over 60 million
> chickens.
> Iowa is also the leading egg producer.
> The United States is the top producer of broiler chickens in the world.
> About 305 million hens are used for their eggs every year.
> All laying hens in the United States produced 111.6 billion eggs in 2020.
> Chicken consumption has increased 540% since 1910.
> Approximately 9 billion chickens are killed for their flesh each year.
> The number of mature chickens slaughtered is up 7%, and the number of
> young chickens slaughtered is up 13%.
> Young chickens are less than 40 days old before being killed.
> Most factory-raised chickens live under constant artificial light with
> less than 4 hours of darkness per day."
>
>     IOW We may see a small ripple in the supply here due to the bird
> flu. OTOH Hang onto your hats. The Ukraine is a major grain producer.
> Chickens are a major grain consumer.

Let 'em eat tofu...................and ethanol.

--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.

On 3/23/2022 7:37 PM, bfh wrote:
> Technobarbarian wrote:
>> On 3/23/2022 10:53 AM, bfh wrote:
>>> Hundreds of thousands of chickens are being "humanely depopulated and
>>> disposed of."
>>>
>>> Hoard your chickens now - before the chicken shelves go Venezuela.
>>>
>>> Corporal Sanders, BigPoultry, Ret.
>>>
>>
>> "More industrial chicken farms around Scio raise community concerns,
>> backlash"
>>
>> If permitting allows, Scio and neighboring towns could be home to two
>> of Oregon’s largest chicken farming operations
>> BY: ALEX BAUMHARDT - FEBRUARY 28, 2022 6:00 AM
>>
>> "On a recent Wednesday evening about 60 people living in and around
>> the town of Scio southeast of Salem gathered in their local community
>> center to discuss the arrival of new neighbors.
>>
>> In just the last two years, three area farms sold to industrial
>> chicken growers who brought with them plans to produce millions of
>> broiler chickens a year. If established, at least two of the farms
>> would become the largest confined feeding operations of broiler
>> chickens in the state, according to the Oregon Department of
>> Agriculture. Both of those farms would be selling their chickens to
>> California-based processor Foster Farms, the largest on the West Coast.
>>
>> Though each of the three farms has submitted building plans to the
>> county, and one has begun construction, none of the farms has yet
>> received a necessary state permit to operate.
>>
>> Some living in the area wonder why producers are landing on this
>> particular slice of the Willamette Valley. They’re worried about how
>> much manure the chickens could produce, whether it would get into the
>> nearby North Santiam River or Thomas Creek, tributaries to the
>> Willamette River. They worry about smells, and industrial fans blowing
>> dust and dander from the chicken compounds into the water and the air.
>>
>> The producers and advocates contend that running large-scale chicken
>> farms is better for the environment than a host of smaller scattered
>> operations. They say that producing at that scale is needed to meet
>> growing regional and national demand.
>>
>> According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans eat twice
>> as much chicken now as they did 50 years ago – nearly 100 pounds per
>> person per year.
>>
>> At that Wednesday meeting on Feb. 23, Kendra Kimbirauskas encouraged
>> her neighbors to write to local legislators to oppose the farms and
>> the state process for issuing permits for CAFOs – controlled animal
>> feeding operations.
>>
>> Kimbirauskas is vice president of the Northwest Farmers Union and
>> raises beef cattle, goats, chickens and hogs on pasture near Thomas
>> Creek not far from one of the proposed chicken operations. She also is
>> part of Farmers Against Foster Farms, the group opposed to the chicken
>> farms.
>>
>> “These chicken warehouses are coming in and they’re really just
>> factories, and we don’t have rules in place that adequately
>> protect people,” she said in an interview.
>>
>> Kimbirauskas takes issue with Oregon’s permitting process for
>> confined animal feeding operations. People often get approval from
>> county officials for the buildings they need before they apply to the
>> state Agriculture Department for the state permit.
>>
>> Kimbirauskas and the Farmers Against Foster Farms want more
>> opportunity for public input before buildings are permitted, and they
>> want to stop the three proposed chicken farms from going forward.
>>
>> The producers continue to wait for their state permits. The
>> Agriculture Department has no set timeline for deciding on the
>> permits. One application has been in process for more than a year.
>>
>> The first of the chicken operations
>>
>> Scio is a town of about 900 people and is the self-proclaimed
>> “covered bridge capital of the West.” The people there pride
>> themselves on their bucolic countryside and pasture, according to
>> Christina Eastman, who grew up farming corn and other crops, then
>> grass seed, across 300 acres with her grandfather, father and uncles.
>>
>> “It’s like being on top of heaven,” Eastman said of the rolling
>> hills and forests of the Willamette Valley.
>>
>> The area is home to several large-scale cattle and dairy operations,
>> including one that can house more than 1,000 cows, and many farmers in
>> the area raise livestock on pasture.
>>
>> But Eastman takes issue with where the new operations will be built,
>> along the North Santiam River, Thomas Creek and, one of them, about a
>> quarter mile from where she lives."
>> [snip]
>>
>> https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/02/28/more-industrial-chicken-farms-around-scio-raise-community-concerns-backlash/
>>
>>
>>        I think we may be approaching peak NIMBY here. The farmers are
>> pissed because there's going to be more farming where they live. LOL
>>
>> "The Top 13 Chicken Statistics
>>
>> There are roughly 518.3 million chickens in the United States.
>> There are roughly 25.9 billion chickens living in the world.
>> China is the leading producer of chickens, with over 5.14 billion
>> chickens living in Mainland China.
>> Iowa is the leading chicken farming industry with over 60 million
>> chickens.
>> Iowa is also the leading egg producer.
>> The United States is the top producer of broiler chickens in the world.
>> About 305 million hens are used for their eggs every year.
>> All laying hens in the United States produced 111.6 billion eggs in 2020.
>> Chicken consumption has increased 540% since 1910.
>> Approximately 9 billion chickens are killed for their flesh each year.
>> The number of mature chickens slaughtered is up 7%, and the number of
>> young chickens slaughtered is up 13%.
>> Young chickens are less than 40 days old before being killed.
>> Most factory-raised chickens live under constant artificial light with
>> less than 4 hours of darkness per day."
>>
>>      IOW We may see a small ripple in the supply here due to the bird
>> flu. OTOH Hang onto your hats. The Ukraine is a major grain producer.
>> Chickens are a major grain consumer.
>
> Let 'em eat tofu...................and ethanol.
>

And they can warm it up in solar powered ovens.

--
"Our country was founded by geniuses, but it's being run by idiots."
– Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy

On 3/23/2022 5:37 PM, bfh wrote:
> Technobarbarian wrote:
>> On 3/23/2022 10:53 AM, bfh wrote:
>>> Hundreds of thousands of chickens are being "humanely depopulated and
>>> disposed of."
>>>
>>> Hoard your chickens now - before the chicken shelves go Venezuela.
>>>
>>> Corporal Sanders, BigPoultry, Ret.
>>>
>>
>> "More industrial chicken farms around Scio raise community concerns,
>> backlash"
>>
>> If permitting allows, Scio and neighboring towns could be home to two
>> of Oregon’s largest chicken farming operations
>> BY: ALEX BAUMHARDT - FEBRUARY 28, 2022 6:00 AM
>>
>> "On a recent Wednesday evening about 60 people living in and around
>> the town of Scio southeast of Salem gathered in their local community
>> center to discuss the arrival of new neighbors.
>>
>> In just the last two years, three area farms sold to industrial
>> chicken growers who brought with them plans to produce millions of
>> broiler chickens a year. If established, at least two of the farms
>> would become the largest confined feeding operations of broiler
>> chickens in the state, according to the Oregon Department of
>> Agriculture. Both of those farms would be selling their chickens to
>> California-based processor Foster Farms, the largest on the West Coast.
>>
>> Though each of the three farms has submitted building plans to the
>> county, and one has begun construction, none of the farms has yet
>> received a necessary state permit to operate.
>>
>> Some living in the area wonder why producers are landing on this
>> particular slice of the Willamette Valley. They’re worried about how
>> much manure the chickens could produce, whether it would get into the
>> nearby North Santiam River or Thomas Creek, tributaries to the
>> Willamette River. They worry about smells, and industrial fans blowing
>> dust and dander from the chicken compounds into the water and the air.
>>
>> The producers and advocates contend that running large-scale chicken
>> farms is better for the environment than a host of smaller scattered
>> operations. They say that producing at that scale is needed to meet
>> growing regional and national demand.
>>
>> According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans eat twice
>> as much chicken now as they did 50 years ago – nearly 100 pounds per
>> person per year.
>>
>> At that Wednesday meeting on Feb. 23, Kendra Kimbirauskas encouraged
>> her neighbors to write to local legislators to oppose the farms and
>> the state process for issuing permits for CAFOs – controlled animal
>> feeding operations.
>>
>> Kimbirauskas is vice president of the Northwest Farmers Union and
>> raises beef cattle, goats, chickens and hogs on pasture near Thomas
>> Creek not far from one of the proposed chicken operations. She also is
>> part of Farmers Against Foster Farms, the group opposed to the chicken
>> farms.
>>
>> “These chicken warehouses are coming in and they’re really just
>> factories, and we don’t have rules in place that adequately
>> protect people,” she said in an interview.
>>
>> Kimbirauskas takes issue with Oregon’s permitting process for
>> confined animal feeding operations. People often get approval from
>> county officials for the buildings they need before they apply to the
>> state Agriculture Department for the state permit.
>>
>> Kimbirauskas and the Farmers Against Foster Farms want more
>> opportunity for public input before buildings are permitted, and they
>> want to stop the three proposed chicken farms from going forward.
>>
>> The producers continue to wait for their state permits. The
>> Agriculture Department has no set timeline for deciding on the
>> permits. One application has been in process for more than a year.
>>
>> The first of the chicken operations
>>
>> Scio is a town of about 900 people and is the self-proclaimed
>> “covered bridge capital of the West.” The people there pride
>> themselves on their bucolic countryside and pasture, according to
>> Christina Eastman, who grew up farming corn and other crops, then
>> grass seed, across 300 acres with her grandfather, father and uncles.
>>
>> “It’s like being on top of heaven,” Eastman said of the rolling
>> hills and forests of the Willamette Valley.
>>
>> The area is home to several large-scale cattle and dairy operations,
>> including one that can house more than 1,000 cows, and many farmers in
>> the area raise livestock on pasture.
>>
>> But Eastman takes issue with where the new operations will be built,
>> along the North Santiam River, Thomas Creek and, one of them, about a
>> quarter mile from where she lives."
>> [snip]
>>
>> https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/02/28/more-industrial-chicken-farms-around-scio-raise-community-concerns-backlash/
>>
>>
>>        I think we may be approaching peak NIMBY here. The farmers are
>> pissed because there's going to be more farming where they live. LOL
>>
>> "The Top 13 Chicken Statistics
>>
>> There are roughly 518.3 million chickens in the United States.
>> There are roughly 25.9 billion chickens living in the world.
>> China is the leading producer of chickens, with over 5.14 billion
>> chickens living in Mainland China.
>> Iowa is the leading chicken farming industry with over 60 million
>> chickens.
>> Iowa is also the leading egg producer.
>> The United States is the top producer of broiler chickens in the world.
>> About 305 million hens are used for their eggs every year.
>> All laying hens in the United States produced 111.6 billion eggs in 2020.
>> Chicken consumption has increased 540% since 1910.
>> Approximately 9 billion chickens are killed for their flesh each year.
>> The number of mature chickens slaughtered is up 7%, and the number of
>> young chickens slaughtered is up 13%.
>> Young chickens are less than 40 days old before being killed.
>> Most factory-raised chickens live under constant artificial light with
>> less than 4 hours of darkness per day."
>>
>>      IOW We may see a small ripple in the supply here due to the bird
>> flu. OTOH Hang onto your hats. The Ukraine is a major grain producer.
>> Chickens are a major grain consumer.
>
> Let 'em eat tofu...................and ethanol.
>

My chickens are holding up "No Vax!" and "Stop the Steal!" signs. They
must be rechicklicans.

kmiller wrote:
> On 3/23/2022 5:37 PM, bfh wrote:
>> Technobarbarian wrote:
>>> On 3/23/2022 10:53 AM, bfh wrote:
>>>> Hundreds of thousands of chickens are being "humanely depopulated
>>>> and disposed of."
>>>>
>>>> Hoard your chickens now - before the chicken shelves go Venezuela.
>>>>
>>>> Corporal Sanders, BigPoultry, Ret.
>>>>
>>>
>>> "More industrial chicken farms around Scio raise community
>>> concerns, backlash"
>>>
>>> If permitting allows, Scio and neighboring towns could be home to
>>> two of Oregon’s largest chicken farming operations
>>> BY: ALEX BAUMHARDT - FEBRUARY 28, 2022 6:00 AM
>>>
>>> "On a recent Wednesday evening about 60 people living in and around
>>> the town of Scio southeast of Salem gathered in their local
>>> community center to discuss the arrival of new neighbors.
>>>
>>> In just the last two years, three area farms sold to industrial
>>> chicken growers who brought with them plans to produce millions of
>>> broiler chickens a year. If established, at least two of the farms
>>> would become the largest confined feeding operations of broiler
>>> chickens in the state, according to the Oregon Department of
>>> Agriculture. Both of those farms would be selling their chickens to
>>> California-based processor Foster Farms, the largest on the West
>>> Coast.
>>>
>>> Though each of the three farms has submitted building plans to the
>>> county, and one has begun construction, none of the farms has yet
>>> received a necessary state permit to operate.
>>>
>>> Some living in the area wonder why producers are landing on this
>>> particular slice of the Willamette Valley. They’re worried
>>> about how much manure the chickens could produce, whether it would
>>> get into the nearby North Santiam River or Thomas Creek,
>>> tributaries to the Willamette River. They worry about smells, and
>>> industrial fans blowing dust and dander from the chicken compounds
>>> into the water and the air.
>>>
>>> The producers and advocates contend that running large-scale
>>> chicken farms is better for the environment than a host of smaller
>>> scattered operations. They say that producing at that scale is
>>> needed to meet growing regional and national demand.
>>>
>>> According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans eat
>>> twice as much chicken now as they did 50 years ago – nearly
>>> 100 pounds per person per year.
>>>
>>> At that Wednesday meeting on Feb. 23, Kendra Kimbirauskas
>>> encouraged her neighbors to write to local legislators to oppose
>>> the farms and the state process for issuing permits for CAFOs
>>> – controlled animal feeding operations.
>>>
>>> Kimbirauskas is vice president of the Northwest Farmers Union and
>>> raises beef cattle, goats, chickens and hogs on pasture near Thomas
>>> Creek not far from one of the proposed chicken operations. She also
>>> is part of Farmers Against Foster Farms, the group opposed to the
>>> chicken farms.
>>>
>>> “These chicken warehouses are coming in and they’re
>>> really just factories, and we don’t have rules in place that
>>> adequately protect people,” she said in an interview.
>>>
>>> Kimbirauskas takes issue with Oregon’s permitting process
>>> for confined animal feeding operations. People often get approval
>>> from county officials for the buildings they need before they apply
>>> to the state Agriculture Department for the state permit.
>>>
>>> Kimbirauskas and the Farmers Against Foster Farms want more
>>> opportunity for public input before buildings are permitted, and
>>> they want to stop the three proposed chicken farms from going forward.
>>>
>>> The producers continue to wait for their state permits. The
>>> Agriculture Department has no set timeline for deciding on the
>>> permits. One application has been in process for more than a year.
>>>
>>> The first of the chicken operations
>>>
>>> Scio is a town of about 900 people and is the self-proclaimed
>>> “covered bridge capital of the West.” The people there
>>> pride themselves on their bucolic countryside and pasture,
>>> according to Christina Eastman, who grew up farming corn and other
>>> crops, then grass seed, across 300 acres with her grandfather,
>>> father and uncles.
>>>
>>> “It’s like being on top of heaven,” Eastman said
>>> of the rolling hills and forests of the Willamette Valley.
>>>
>>> The area is home to several large-scale cattle and dairy
>>> operations, including one that can house more than 1,000 cows, and
>>> many farmers in the area raise livestock on pasture.
>>>
>>> But Eastman takes issue with where the new operations will be
>>> built, along the North Santiam River, Thomas Creek and, one of
>>> them, about a quarter mile from where she lives."
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/02/28/more-industrial-chicken-farms-around-scio-raise-community-concerns-backlash/
>>>
>>>
>>>        I think we may be approaching peak NIMBY here. The
>>> farmers are pissed because there's going to be more farming where
>>> they live. LOL
>>>
>>> "The Top 13 Chicken Statistics
>>>
>>> There are roughly 518.3 million chickens in the United States.
>>> There are roughly 25.9 billion chickens living in the world.
>>> China is the leading producer of chickens, with over 5.14 billion
>>> chickens living in Mainland China.
>>> Iowa is the leading chicken farming industry with over 60 million
>>> chickens.
>>> Iowa is also the leading egg producer.
>>> The United States is the top producer of broiler chickens in the
>>> world.
>>> About 305 million hens are used for their eggs every year.
>>> All laying hens in the United States produced 111.6 billion eggs in
>>> 2020.
>>> Chicken consumption has increased 540% since 1910.
>>> Approximately 9 billion chickens are killed for their flesh each year.
>>> The number of mature chickens slaughtered is up 7%, and the number
>>> of young chickens slaughtered is up 13%.
>>> Young chickens are less than 40 days old before being killed.
>>> Most factory-raised chickens live under constant artificial light
>>> with less than 4 hours of darkness per day."
>>>
>>>      IOW We may see a small ripple in the supply here due to
>>> the bird flu. OTOH Hang onto your hats. The Ukraine is a major
>>> grain producer. Chickens are a major grain consumer.
>>
>> Let 'em eat tofu...................and ethanol.
>>
>
> My chickens are holding up "No Vax!" and "Stop the Steal!" signs. They
> must be rechicklicans.

I strongly suggest that you cease all unmonitored flocking and
institute a frickin' social distancing mandate until the science evolves.

--
bill
Theory don't mean squat if it don't work.