There are videos of huge trucks dumping chickens in a landfill in Ohio. Happened june 18th. Some of the chickens were still alive.
Wasn’t reported on much in mainstream media.
“The ODA also stated that these birds in particular did not have any diseases. Instead, they were at the end of their egg-laying cycle, writing: “It is a standard practice in the poultry industry to euthanize a flock when laying hens reach the end of their productive life cycle.””
That’s b.s. Such birds are turned into food for humans or animals.
Is bird flu back?
Report says they are being investigated for not euthanizing animals before dumping.
Here is another video source.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZyn7SaDBKU/?igsi=MWxtdzd2YjBvcTFhaA%3D%3D
Because it is economically not worth it processing those exhausted egg-laying hens into anything. A tiny fraction of the chickens are given a second-life through “give-away actions” by animal-welfare agencies like the one i linked but thats only for small batches since there isn’t enough demand for those millions of sub-optimal hens yearly and sadly the major selling point for the agency is that it is just cheaper to give them away than ordering the gassing-truck to put them to death. I know that the breeders are planning the spikes into the breeding process so there is enough chicken eggs to cover the market on christmas and easter, i’d guess they also weigh in factors like disease and heat waves in to manage the supply of fresh hens.