[Threepwood]

Well, I'm not an engineer, but even stabbing another person with a knife areosolizes enough blood to make disease transmission possible. Throwing hundreds or thousands of whole, live chickens into motorized blades would have to have a similar effect on a much larger scale.

If there isn't something to filter the "output", I'm not sure how this couldn't be a hazard. My leaf shredder will just about make leaves into an inhalable powder, which is why I wear a mask. If you had a zoomorphic (I think that's the word) disease on hand, this could be a very effective vector into people.

At this point, I would like to thank Freerepublic.com for offering me a forum on which I could seriously consider the effects and risks of putting a diseased chicken into a leaf shredder. This line of thought is unique in my experience, and wouldn't have come about without your help.:)

[Calpernia]

Well now, you added significant logic to bring my humor to a halt. That was an interesting post. I will stop now with my trolling.