Sorry for the long delayed response. So, let me guess: their cell phones suddenly went to "call divert" whenever they made calls?

It's spring the birds migrate spread the disease. Last fall birds migrate spread the disease. Any one living on a farm anymore? As far as farmers being subsidized defends on many factors. Corn and bean farmers have all kinds of subsidizes. Animal farmers get little. Unlike corn and bean farmers animal farmers have to wait almost a year unless Congress acts. I raise cattle and we get very little help from the government which is the way it should be. My sector of the animal industry does little lobbying and what is done I don't much agree with so they don't get my money. Back yard chicken is easy, pet pigs I hear are the new cool thing, veal calf don't take up much room. Remember name it something tasty so can eat it later and not feel bad. Chickens named drumstick, pig named bacon, calf named ribeye you get the hint.

I'll let you know in 2 weeks what they are doing with the culls.

While I have no proof or even evidence to support my thought. I seem to remember recently an article about recent changes to laws for poultry in California that would also greatly affect egg prices.

Now I am not saying that this is a conspiracy but I will say that it seems convenient for someone who might not be affected to making a killing on the soon to be skyrocketing egg prices.

I've been watching this for a while. So far, the only place that's been consistently reporting on it is a morning news report on YouTube called "The News In Two Minutes" from Full Spectrum Survival.

I think it would be prudent to get your Thanksgiving frozen turkey now. I'm also looking at canned chicken for food storage. Supplies available now would have been processed before this started.

The question I have is: what are they really doing with the culled birds? I can't imagine such an asset - no matter how tainted - would be wasted. Watch your pet food in coming months. Chicken by-product indeed. Hopefully the ridiculous processing that takes most of the nutrients out will kill the virus as well.

I think the government does pay farmers for every live animal they have to euthanize.

The 1st thing my brother said to me when he called to say they had arrived (he has Type 1 Water Tenders), was 'they're monitoring our phones'. Now I guess they can talk about it.

Your last line is exactly what I am worried about. Are the farmers being paid to keep quiet? We may never know.

I haven't heard of subsidies, but they do have insurance. In Minnesota they are putting down millions of turkeys. Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa have declared an emergency because of the flu. I've wondered about how it all got started too.

My question here is: are the farmers being subsidized for their loss? Ultimately, the mass-slaughter of the chickens will obviously raise the price of poultry. Given the toxic environment we're all witnessing, it wouldn't surprise me if this is intentional.