USDA reports massive bird losses. In the past 30 days, they have counted 8,810,000 "birds affected"....

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[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Somebody ain't getting any fried chicken for a while.

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It works out to only .09% of chickens. I'm sure the chicken industry will use it to raise prices, but it sounds worse than it is.

[–]P-38lightning 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

The USDA?

Why don't I believe them?

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Is it because you've got a poor sense of reliable sources?

[–]P-38lightning 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

How soon you forgot all about covid.

[–]WoodyWoodPecker 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Why are we engineering super viruses and using them on our citizens and livestock?

[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Okay, what's your bullshit misinterpretation of reality that blames the USDA on something to do with covid?

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Oooo snap, u/P-38lightning really clocked your number with that one.

How do you rationalize having believed in so much covid misinformation from your "reliable sources?"

[–]Musky 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It seems worse than it is because of the scale. That's out of 10 billion chickens in the US, so 0.09% have been affected.

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

My search found the number of chickens in the United States to be half a billion. However, the next wave is only getting started.

[–]Musky 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is where I saw my figure: https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/how-many-chickens-are-in-the-world/

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That source says:

Most of the chickens get slaughtered within 40 to 42 days; therefore, at any given time, there exist 1.522 billion chickens in the US.

While 1.5 billion is substantially less than the 10 billion you originally stated, it is true there are still many birds at poultry farms today, but let's watch and see as farms continue to go up in flames. And if that doesn't depopulate them fast enough.... the USDA pays farmers to kill their birds.

[–]LarrySwinger2 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

birbs*

[–]In-the-clouds[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Expect less eggs and meat to be available.... and after the other disruptions coming: a famine.

Today is the day of salvation.... If you want to live: repent, and turn to Jesus Christ. God's spirit was in this man as he died on the cross for YOU. Have you taken the time to learn his commandments?

Source of data: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/commercial-backyard-flocks

[–]RankAssPalace 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Pay cops triple!