2 million chickens will be killed at plants in Delaware, Maryland due to lack of employees
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2 million chickens will be killed at plants in Delaware, Maryland due to lack of employees
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Posted April 26, 2020 10:16 a.m. EDT
2 million chickens will be killed at plants in Delaware, Maryland due to lack of employees
By Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio, CNN
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Two million chickens on several farms in Delaware and Maryland will be “depopulated” — meaning humanely killed — due to a lack of employees at chicken processing plants, according to a statement from Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc.
The reduced employee attendance at the company’s plants is a result of “additional community cases of COVID-19, additional testing, and people practicing the ‘stay home if you’re sick’ social distancing guidance from public health officials,” the statement reads.
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Dang, it’s too bad the farmers can’t pack ‘em up live a half dozen to a box (would have to be a decent size box!) like shipping chicks (sort of) and send you and me a few boxes. $0.70/lb including box. ‘Course tho’, those are probably full size broilers. But maybe 1/4 or 1/2 grown birds could be sent instead, relieving pressure on the system.
Or just as good or better, IF farms can hang onto “some” birds a bit longer, and hatcheries could focus on more chicks to farm supply stores (which seem to be decimated on chicks in stock @ present) two problems could be relieved, maybe?
There’s probably a hitch in this (aside from finding about a million buyers.)
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If it is true that people are allowed to stay home simply because they are afraid that they might get coronavirus and then they can claim unemployment benefits, we might see many places like a chicken processing plant closing. Some people would rather stay home with unemployment, sometimes making more than they made while they were working, especially if they have an unpleasant job. Extending unemployment to people who have not even been exposed to someone with coronavirus, but are just worried about getting coronavirus, may turn out to be one of the biggest mistakes.