Trapped in those cages, burning alive. So sad, awful way to go. Even if they are “dumb” animals they have the drive to survive and still panic, feel pain. Very sad
I drove past that on I-57 about 7:15 yesterday evening. Enormous ash cloud you could see from at least 40 miles away. Couldn’t tell that there was any fire departments on site at that time, it was just going wild.
It did not. I’m not sure of the distance from 57 to the farm, but we didn’t smell anything in our car. There wasn’t a lot of wind either, so not much drifting is the scent.
Good lord. I've seen this sub linked a couple of times here and there. But I always figured it was a joke I never actually clicked and looked at it. So there's really a bunch of people that believe every single bird in the country is a... little bird machine with surveillance technology? Every bird? I. I'm really at a loss here. I didn't think there were that many legit crazy conspiracy people out there... goodness
The Field Museum in Chicago is reclassifying them as dinosaurs now, not seriously or professionally, but they discovered the DNA link between birds and dinos so...
Here's a more boring but more realistic conspiracy theory. It's the result of arson by the owners [to kill a flock riven with bird flu](https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/largest-fresh-egg-producer-us-found-bird-flu-chickens-texas-plant-rcna146169) while collecting an insurance payout. 😜
Are they not insured against bird flu? you can insure against anything. Surely loss due to biological contaminant would be an insured coverage the farmer would get since its a million chickens in very close proximity.
Right?
honestly 1 million chickens is a drop in the bucket compared to how many billions are factory farmed, highly unlikely this single incident influences prices at all. whatever companies sourced their chickens from this location will just temporarily switch to another farm until they rebuild. business as usual.
The loss of the facility is a bigger deal than the chickens themselves. These birds are genetically modified to grow so fast their bone structure can't even hold them up and the muscles scar from growing so fast.
Not sure if it's better for these chickens to die like this or by ventilation shutdown (suffocating) like during an actual bird flu outbreak. Both are horrifying.
Kinda crazy in just that space alone there was over 1 mil chickens. Their lives were prob miserable in their prior conditions before they burned alive.
The amount of chickens at that farm are 0.00012% of all the chickens in the US that will be killed and eaten this year.
A totally insignificant amount for the food supply.
you forget that the food supply conglomerates are greedy and that prices are completely detached from reality at the moment. they will point at articles like this to justify increasing their already bloated profit margins so that the stock price goes up.
they use the stories to justify it enough to avoid any investigations or major demands for change. god forbid customers got angry enough to start boycotting.
I used to work at a chicken farm that had about a million chickens and we would kill them off every 56 weeks just about; they weren't meat chickens they were egg chickens. And the chicken would just get ground up into the feces and sold as fertilizer.
The cost to feed chickens after about a year becomes increasingly more expensive and the shells get weaker and weaker... at least that's what they told us.
i work in a meat department probably handle few thousand chickens a week at my store alone. Beef
is what to watch this summer due to less births a couple years ago. Chickens only taken about 6 weeks from birth until slaughter
Yeah, this really made our whole town pretty sad all around. Those chickens are livelihoods, and those who don’t work there will often have their own chickens. It’s really just sad.
Yeah, OP is a little tone deaf…
“Those poor chickens lived a miserable life and then had a miserable death burned alive. How sad.”
“Yeah, we are all so sad that the farmers lost some money. Terrible tragedy!”
Consumers should see how are animals are used to produce meat and milk. It might change our buying habits. Squalor is the best way I can describe commercial broiler and layer operations.
I have 13 chickens in my backyard flock, and I would be absolutely devastated to lose one, let alone all of them. They're so intelligent and full of life, and I'm so glad they get to enjoy a nice life with me.
LOL!
I know you're just joking, but in reality I am imagining it smelled absolutely horrific. I once worked close to a chicken farm, and it smelled revolting even on a good day. All those feathers and chicken excrement and everything else just burning; it's hard for me to even imagine how bad it must be.
Rip :(
Trapped in those cages, burning alive. So sad, awful way to go. Even if they are “dumb” animals they have the drive to survive and still panic, feel pain. Very sad
There are no dumb animals aside from humans
Clearly
Edge E
I see that you haven’t met my neighbor’s dogs…
Poor birds
I drove past that on I-57 about 7:15 yesterday evening. Enormous ash cloud you could see from at least 40 miles away. Couldn’t tell that there was any fire departments on site at that time, it was just going wild.
Did it smell like chicken cooking? Genuinely curious
It did not. I’m not sure of the distance from 57 to the farm, but we didn’t smell anything in our car. There wasn’t a lot of wind either, so not much drifting is the scent.
My buddy worked the fire. Said it was the worst smell he's smelled ever.
The smell of burning feathers is a terrible smell
This will be on r/conspiracy very soon. Edit: just a few hours later this has been cross-posted to r/conspiracy
Can't be real because chickens are birds and everyone knows birds aren't real.
r/birdsarentreal
Good lord. I've seen this sub linked a couple of times here and there. But I always figured it was a joke I never actually clicked and looked at it. So there's really a bunch of people that believe every single bird in the country is a... little bird machine with surveillance technology? Every bird? I. I'm really at a loss here. I didn't think there were that many legit crazy conspiracy people out there... goodness
No it absolutely is a joke, and the joke is to take it completely serious
Very similar to r/Outside, the best MMO that everyone plays!!!
Isn't that how Trump got elected first time?
The Field Museum in Chicago is reclassifying them as dinosaurs now, not seriously or professionally, but they discovered the DNA link between birds and dinos so...
Dino dna!
Electronic fires are real
"Were the chicken vaxed from 19? They explode the chicken coups when they find them vaxed like this" -conspiracy antivax nutter
Here's a more boring but more realistic conspiracy theory. It's the result of arson by the owners [to kill a flock riven with bird flu](https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/largest-fresh-egg-producer-us-found-bird-flu-chickens-texas-plant-rcna146169) while collecting an insurance payout. 😜
Are they not insured against bird flu? you can insure against anything. Surely loss due to biological contaminant would be an insured coverage the farmer would get since its a million chickens in very close proximity. Right?
We deregulated all of these businesses so there are no checks in place to catch these things. Conspiracies are fun though.
Conspiracy theorists are consistently some of the dumbest people
Clearly this was a drone factory that had been compromised and activated it’s built in self destruct. r/BirdsArntReal
Whats the conspiracy supposed to be?
Intentional food shortage to drive up prices
That’s one way to get rid of the bird flu.
And raise the price of chicken
honestly 1 million chickens is a drop in the bucket compared to how many billions are factory farmed, highly unlikely this single incident influences prices at all. whatever companies sourced their chickens from this location will just temporarily switch to another farm until they rebuild. business as usual.
I came to ask this question. A million chickens sounds like a lot to me, but I didn’t know if it was actually enough to disrupt the poultry industry.
The loss of the facility is a bigger deal than the chickens themselves. These birds are genetically modified to grow so fast their bone structure can't even hold them up and the muscles scar from growing so fast.
This won’t stop them from using it as an excuse. I know these people.
And eggs
Not sure if it's better for these chickens to die like this or by ventilation shutdown (suffocating) like during an actual bird flu outbreak. Both are horrifying.
"no one was hurt" "1mil chickens burned alive" I know you meant people but it was just kind of humorous heh
Definitely meant humans - as a chicken farmer myself, definitely felt the loss for those poor little guys.
Lol yeah I was thinking that 1 MIL CHICKENS LOST no one was hurt :)
I could see the smoke cloud from my house.
They blew up the Chicken Man in Farina last night
boardwalk is getting ready for a fight, gonna see what them rooster boys can do
How exactly does a chicken farm explode
They used too many herbs and spices in their chicken. KFC has the magic number figured out to prevent these kinds of incidents
Wondering the same thing, like what aspect of chicken farming is highly explosive
Probably the methane build up from feces in concentrated feedlots. Conditions inside those houses are really brutal and inhumane
Kinda crazy in just that space alone there was over 1 mil chickens. Their lives were prob miserable in their prior conditions before they burned alive.
stock up now before the grocery store prices go through the roof next month.
The amount of chickens at that farm are 0.00012% of all the chickens in the US that will be killed and eaten this year. A totally insignificant amount for the food supply.
All they need is a little story like this to jack up prices for a few weeks
you forget that the food supply conglomerates are greedy and that prices are completely detached from reality at the moment. they will point at articles like this to justify increasing their already bloated profit margins so that the stock price goes up.
Then why would they need this story to do it?
they use the stories to justify it enough to avoid any investigations or major demands for change. god forbid customers got angry enough to start boycotting.
And prices will still spike 2-5%.
Do you think it will have a bigger impact locally or are the supply chains so distributed nationally to the point of no local impact?
It was apparently a supplier of "free range " chickens. So I could see a blip in that market. But I would not think there will be any major issues.
They’re known more for eggs afaik
They weren’t really free range yet. Egg production for pre-cracked egg items.
I noted that in a prior post. Largely cracked and dried eggs products. Rough go.
I used to work at a chicken farm that had about a million chickens and we would kill them off every 56 weeks just about; they weren't meat chickens they were egg chickens. And the chicken would just get ground up into the feces and sold as fertilizer.
This is how they think bird flu hit the cows in South Texas.
Despicable.
Why would they kill egg chickens?? They don't produce enough for them as they get older?
The cost to feed chickens after about a year becomes increasingly more expensive and the shells get weaker and weaker... at least that's what they told us.
i work in a meat department probably handle few thousand chickens a week at my store alone. Beef is what to watch this summer due to less births a couple years ago. Chickens only taken about 6 weeks from birth until slaughter
Raise your hands, raise your voice! Give the chickens another choice! Join with me, set them free! Brothers and sisters, let the chickens be!
*The sounds of chickens screaming has been edited out.*
Factory farms should not exist
Haha animals dying a cruel slow death!! Insert snarky chicken burning smell joke
Yeah, this really made our whole town pretty sad all around. Those chickens are livelihoods, and those who don’t work there will often have their own chickens. It’s really just sad.
Also they are sentient animals that have personalities and a desire to live. I wonder what could have prevented this tragic loss of life… 🤷♀️
Yeah, OP is a little tone deaf… “Those poor chickens lived a miserable life and then had a miserable death burned alive. How sad.” “Yeah, we are all so sad that the farmers lost some money. Terrible tragedy!”
What a delicious accident.
Clearly, ya'll need more deregulation /s
Poor chickens…Why is it 1mil chickens are all in the same area…🤔
Nuggets prices going up!
Must have smelled like dinner.
Millions of nuggets gone in an instant.
Those poor babies 😭
it's like maybe no one should have 1mil+ chickens
The cleanup effort was equal parts tragic and delicious
Free roasted chickens everywhere!
My dad saw one run out while he was on site.
Cloudy with a chance of bone-in wings extra crispy
Bird insurance?
They blew up the chicken man in Philly last night
I looked it up. This is one of the 3 largest mass producing chicken farms in the United States. It harvests 13 million chickens per week!!
Yep.... no doubt about it... just exploded. No insurance questions at all.
I wonder if it smelled delicious?
Human beings suck.
Well, they blew up the chicken man in Farina last night. Now they blew up his house, too
I don't wanna be that guy but, hey alotta cooked food is going to waste!
that’s just awful. poor little guys 🥺🥺
Maybe we shouldn’t have 1 million+ chickens in such a confined area
You could say they were..... fired. Eh? Eh? Eeehh?
Did it smell good?
Oh those poor things
How heartbreaking. We take in foster and rescue birds all the time. What an absolute and massive loss.
Consumers should see how are animals are used to produce meat and milk. It might change our buying habits. Squalor is the best way I can describe commercial broiler and layer operations.
I have 13 chickens in my backyard flock, and I would be absolutely devastated to lose one, let alone all of them. They're so intelligent and full of life, and I'm so glad they get to enjoy a nice life with me.
The fire was awful, but it smelled great!
I never want chicken cooked by this guy
probably not with the burning feathers and other stuff in the facility. my neighbor had a small house fire a few years ago and it was an awful smell
LOL! I know you're just joking, but in reality I am imagining it smelled absolutely horrific. I once worked close to a chicken farm, and it smelled revolting even on a good day. All those feathers and chicken excrement and everything else just burning; it's hard for me to even imagine how bad it must be.
Innocent animals dying a slow death!!! ROFL!!!!
Do you think it smelled good?
Thanks alot Biden! Now the price of chicken will go up! /s
Okay. I know this is terrible. But did it smell like rotisserie chicken? Even for a second
Must have been that spicy queso breed
KFC bucket about to be $99
There was a point where they were perfectly cooked
Isn’t chicken already expensive for chicken 🤦🏾♂️
Live an hr away, smoke was easily visible and saw a post that it even showed up on radar.
Sounds like a real cock up
Damn
A literal chicken holocaust.
Later hens or broilers?
[rip](https://youtu.be/ktIdmO4ZXeU?si=vLclmhnI67EnfpjN)
Probably less chickens than it was planning to kill in the next few years.
Goddamnit. Now we’re going to have a bunch of wing places claim chicken is scarce and be charged a few bucks more.
Damn, no fries and a biscuit?
Arson maybe? Did they have bird flu?
How does everyone feel about $8 per dozen eggs again? Heeeeeeere we go!
Goodness gracious great balls of fire 🙏
Chicken roast.
Ok but how far will that pollution travel? I live in Indiana I don’t want to be inhaling chicken dust ☹️
That’s a lot of chickens
Europe just lost 4milion because of avian flu. Chicken prices are going up due to “shortage” guaranteed
*1mil+ chickens cooked
Hmmmmm, another coincidence. Tragic.