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Backyard chickens: Floridians start raising hens to combat rising egg prices
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 23 Feb 2025
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Backyard chickens can be vectors for bird flu.
Florida is just one giant super spreader event, so this checks out.
Man, cue the memory of that huge beach party they had during COVID...
I hope people plan to keep them indoors otherwise they will just catch it from a passing sparrow or other animals that have been shown to carry it, like cats. Once it jumps to dogs we're all fucked because dogs like to chase birds and dogs live in very close proximity to humans.