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arittenberry t1_jd0f69o wrote

Reply to comment by ThimeeX in This packet of eggs came with a sticker regarding the chickens housing welfare due to a new packaging law by HoogerMan

Thanks. Do you happen to know why it's safer to keep them locked together indoors as opposed to free range in regards to this? I couldn't find anything online about the details of the why

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NoahTall1134 t1_jd0ldcm wrote

So that one barn load can't spread it to another barn load while they're out mixing it up in the yard.

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Total-Khaos t1_jd0psii wrote

Not exactly. Avian flu only comes from wild aquatic birds. If you have free range chickens, they wander about over land that has been a toilet for wild birds flying above it. The free range chickens then wander around in the infected shit and then it transfers to the whole farm. It has been a big nasty problem since January 2022.

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HoogerMan OP t1_jd0rlbw wrote

That’s really interesting. Is there an estimate on how long it might take to blow over? Also, I literally just finished the last of us like, the credits are rolling as I type this comment. Are we doomed?

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Megatea t1_jd0lgpw wrote

They can't mix with the wild birds (and catch flu off of them) if they are indoors.

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