Anonymous wrote:Seems like a no-brainer, no? Eggs are simply unaffordable for most people. Why not provide education and encouragement for more interest?

Chickens are silly easy to keep, but most people are dumber than chickens and wouldn't keep the coups or runs clean and on a hot summer day it can get ripe if neighbors are close.

Also, most people won't kill young roosters and eat them, so expect hundreds to thousands of roosters crowing from 4am till noon.

They die or you have to kill them and burn bodies or have it done. You are medically illiterate.

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Anonymous wrote:I support your cause, but this is a really bad time because of avian flu. Pause these ideas until later.

Agreed 100%. This should NOT be encouraged and frankly should be discouraged right now and in foreseeable future. It puts people and pets at risk.

Not really. Avian flu numbers have the similar problem that covid ran into. Without widespread testing and monitoring, we're basically just seeing the severe cases. Remember when they said covid had a 10% mortality rate? Actual avian flu mortality (infection fatality rate) is orders of magnitude lower than has been reported.

Anonymous wrote:Backyard chickens who recover from avian flu can pass on immunity

What??

They don’t recover, they die. And no one can pass on “immunity”.

Anonymous wrote:I support your cause, but this is a really bad time because of avian flu. Pause these ideas until later.

Agreed 100%. This should NOT be encouraged and frankly should be discouraged right now and in foreseeable future. It puts people and pets at risk.