Poultry Farm Loses 50,000 Chickens In Heat Wave

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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[Avalon1984]

Oh, that's just terrible. I know how hot my ladies get and they have a fan and a cold footbath to use if they get too warm. Just sad.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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[ChickenAlgebra]

Well, given the heat here, without the AC, I'm not sure our chooks would have made it thru the major heat we had. But they are cold-hardy breeds, so heavy dense feathering, not broilers with thin feathering.

 

[dewey]

So very tragic.

It's surprising that back up generators were not in place. Or were they? I wasn't able to view the article.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

No air movement...would be a death sentence. Glad nobody was locked inside of the house with them! The heat is ridiculous down there.

 

[Jerseycoop]

So sad

 

[usschicago1]

I wonder which is worse, dying from a heat wave or being killed by the normal practices . A lot of poultry die of dehydration or by heat exhaustion on the way to slaughter houses, and even more are scalded alive. Its a dirty business. This should be a wake up call.

-Mark

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I'd much prefer to be stunned and killed than die under the heat in excess of 150* inside a barn.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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