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Unl0vableDarkness t1_jcykd1e wrote

It's because there's an increase in bird flu. When I log onto the Asda app to buy eggs there's a warning that all eggs are coming from barn chickens currently due to a bird flu outbreak.

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Orange_comfort t1_jcyy1ub wrote

That's why nobody keeps their hens completely outside.

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colonel_cockmouth t1_jczij29 wrote

Yup yup yup avian flu has been horrid the past few years. I’m okay with this type of label/education

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wascallywabbit666 t1_jd0ea0v wrote

It's a really bad pandemic, and heartbreakingly it's got I to populations of wild odds, and is devastating some major colonies. It's the avian equivalent of COVID, and I mean that in all seriousness

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Apollo5165 t1_jd3871w wrote

It has a mortality rate of 90-100% in chickens. Pretty sure it’s a bit worse than “the avian equivalent of COVID”.

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HaikuBotStalksMe t1_jd2xqja wrote

Ohh... That's what they mean. People kept saying eggs are expensive "because of the pandemic", and I thought it was the same bullshit excuse they were using for jacking up car prices.

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clemep8 t1_jd098vq wrote

How does moving them inside help with flu, though? Presumably they would be in more crowded conditions inside?

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LightInfernal t1_jd0a9fw wrote

Same reason quarantining during Covid slowed the spread. Flu outbreaks are localized.

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[deleted] t1_jcz9ne0 wrote

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ixixix t1_jczdjqy wrote

But OP posted a picture of a carton of eggs from Ireland

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mantolwen t1_jczk4az wrote

r/usdefaultism

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socksmatterTWO t1_jczs0jy wrote

Oh my God I need that place so much as an expat Aussie who has lived in America and now Canada 🤣❣️ thank you

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CreepingTurnip t1_jczkbvw wrote

"Packet of eggs" should've given it away as non-American without even looking at the picture. So many opportunities.

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gw2master t1_jd0bpue wrote

Funny how factory farms that started this epidemic (due to their cramped and unhygienic living conditions) now have forced everyone to house their chickens indoors.

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Total-Khaos t1_jd0p77v wrote

>Funny how factory farms that started this epidemic...

Funny how you post this knowing absolutely nothing about where avian flu even comes from...

>Avian influenza refers to disease in birds caused by infection with avian (bird) influenza (flu) Type A viruses. Avian influenza A viruses have been isolated from more than 100 different species of wild birds around the world. These viruses occur naturally among wild aquatic birds worldwide and can infect domestic poultry and other bird and animal species. Wild aquatic birds include waterbirds (waterfowl) such as ducks, geese, swans, gulls, and terns, and shorebirds, such as storks, plovers, and sandpipers. Wild aquatic birds, especially dabbling ducks, are considered reservoirs (hosts) for avian influenza A viruses. Wild aquatic birds can be infected with avian influenza A viruses in their intestines and respiratory tract, but some species, such as ducks, may not get sick. However, avian influenza A viruses are very contagious among birds, and some of these viruses can sicken and even kill certain domesticated bird species, including chickens, ducks and turkeys.

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Haterbait_band t1_jcz89z5 wrote

So, free range eggs are increasing our risk of disease? Now I want barn eggs. Safe chickens that are indoors and have nice air filtration to keep bugs out.

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ledow t1_jczfy17 wrote

It's almost like we originally started down the processed food route for a bunch of good reasons.

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ocmaddog t1_jczk4iw wrote

10.1 billion good reasons a year for the US Egg industry, another 58 billion for US Chicken.

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Haterbait_band t1_jczhhyu wrote

Yeah, we wanted food production that could keep up with the demand of a growing population. Now we have people that care more about a chicken’s mental health than they care about hungry poor people that can’t afford eggs. Good job humans! I’m sure the Chicken God will reward us for protecting the emotional well-being of his horde of mindless meat robots in the afterlife! The poors will just have to get a second or third job if they want to eat historically inexpensive breakfast foods. It’s worth it simply for the look on the chicken’s emotionless, cold face when it steps food into a spacious field of dirt and shit. And the virtue signaling that the marketing department gets to print on the cartons is just a bonus! “Happy” chickens! Because chickens are capable of feeling complex human emotions! And nothing tastes better than some good ol’ anthropomorphism!

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OpalBanana t1_jczldh0 wrote

People who don't give much of a shit about chickens continue to buy cheap eggs. You've created a non-problem that takes place in an alternate reality, and then got upset by it.

Intelligence isn't the only metric we use to care about animals. Pigs are more intelligent than dogs, so what? I'll eat a pig, but I'm sure as hell not comfortable eating a dog.

I'm not a vegetarian, but I can't see anything wrong with wanting a world where the animals we eat aren't put through suffering. And yeah, there's lots of things that I'd like to see improved (e.g accessible health care), this is just one of many things we as a society can try to improve.

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Haterbait_band t1_jd071et wrote

Although I think we can say that a fresh pandemic is better than some claustrophobic chickens, assuming that being outdoors and mingling is what increases the risk of various illnesses.

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