Posted on 02/06/2023 6:14:21 AM PST by MtnClimber
A fire at New Zealand’s largest egg producer has killed about 75,000 hens, sparking fears that a national egg shortage could worsen.
The fire at a Zeagold farm broke out on Monday morning and had “taken better part of the day to contain”, a spokesperson for the company said. Twelve workers who were on site were “unharmed but very distressed”, the spokesperson said. Work was under way to assess how many hens had died, but Zeagold estimated it to be about 75,000.
The fire may have ripple effects beyond the immediate demise of the hens, with concerns it may worsen a national scarcity of eggs.
Zeagold’s spokesperson said it was still too early to say how much of an effect the fire would have on the overall supply chain, saying: “There will be some impact obviously – it’s not a great thing to happen in the middle of a shortage.”
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A seafood processor in Canada just burned down.
Another coincidental fire? WTH?!
“ a rise in amateur chicken ownership would result in the animals not being properly cared for.”
As opposed to being either burned or culled. No food for the serfs!
Lol, those too.
#culledsuddenly
This is getting ridiculous and way out of hand! And no it is not a coinsidence! Not with the number of these fires happening everywhere.
And add #BurntSuddenly
Ghost chickens in the sky:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkdci55adqk
No one can convince me these all these food production facility fire are just a coincidence. How many egg laying houses alone does this now make that have been destroyed by fire over the past year or so? I realize that it happens occasionally due to lightening strikes or electrical problems, but this just seems strange.
You would think this (burning food production facilities, killing tens of thousands, and in another case, a hundred thousand, hens, and also putting something in chicken's feed to prevent them from laying eggs), would be considered terrorist acts?
It's also cruel. We do eat chickens of course, but, being burned alive is awful. And what about the business that is now destroyed? These people are sick.
It’s not only the money, but the heartbreak of losing a beloved pet. They become family.
Seems to be. Either food processing plants have always burned to the ground on a regular basis and it is just now being reported on, or I suspect this is indeed a trend.
Nefarious things are afoot.
Would be interesting to see some annual statistics on this.
Burning animals alive is absolutely cruel. And so is doing so for the sole purpose of starving humans.
And yet the WEF's global holodomor continues apace.
You better believe pet children are family.
My wife and I were never blessed with children.
We were both bitter about our loses for a very long time.
Are chicken farms particularly susceptible to fire? Do chickens like playing with matches?
This is just very puzzling.
I wonder if the egg farms have really good insurance coverage.
Is it to the advantage of the owners to see the operations burn, and then use insurance proceeds to build a new state-of-the art facility?
If Sheep could lay eggs
Sure are a lot of coincidences happening.
#friedsuddenly
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