HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut agriculture officials say the collapse of a farm building because of heavy snow has killed 85,000 egg-laying hens.
Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steven Reviczky (reh-VIS-kee’) said Thursday the chicken coop collapsed Jan. 27 at the Kofkoff Egg Farm in Bozrah, a small town southeast of Hartford. He says the number of hens killed was reported to the state recently. He says the dead birds were incinerated.
Farm representative Ken Pauze (paw-ZAY’) confirms the hens died but won’t comment further.
The state says back-to-back snowstorms and a recent ice storm have brought down the roofs of more than 130 barns, greenhouses, equipment buildings and other farm buildings. More than a dozen dairy cows, two horses and a calf have been killed in building collapses.
Perfect example of a negative feedback…think of all the CO2 output by those hens.
-Scott
That was a BIG building! That was also a lot of hens! They probably sounded like the Chicken Little Brigade talking about AGW. For them the SKY WAS going to fall!
Probably smelled just as bad too.
I prefer free range.
I don’t know what the roofs were made of but I see all these buildings made with these wimpy, global warming approved, fabric coverings which have been torn or collapsed due to snow, ice, and wind. Basically three-season tents in what is still a four-season climate.