Chicken ranches

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by RayHammer

More people buying up new subdivisions on whatever farmer (or their kids) recently closed out, and then complaining about this that or the other from neighboring farms. You moved next to them, they didn't move next to you. Same thing has been happening in Anne Arundel and Howard County for years.

That's what they're trying to avoid.

[nuts2uiam]

Is a chicken ranch anything like a Bunny Ranch? Inquiring minds want to know?

[webster]

I don't live in DE, but could not help but notice the thread. Chicken farms/ranches/processing houses are smelly and nationwide it's an issue.

For what goes on in them and for those who like thrillers/murder mysteries: Still Life with Crows by Preston and Childs

[rdlr]

On the other hand....I'm looking forward to the 2024 Delmarva Chicken Festival! I've gone to those festivals for many years. Don't know, though, if they're having the giant frying pan of chicken, like they had.
https://www.dcachicken.com/festival/

Here are some scary facts for newcomers worried about chickens, in Delaware:
"GEORGETOWN, Del. — The Delmarva chicken community raised 596 million chickens, produced 4.4 billion pounds of shelf- and table-ready chicken and generated a record $5 billion in wholesale value in 2022. These insights into the chicken industry’s important role in Delmarva’s economy come from a new fact sheet about Delmarva’s chicken industry in 2022 released by the Delmarva Chicken Association.

The new DCA report shows that at the end of 2022, there were 1,334 chicken growers on Delmarva. Their independent, family-owned farms operated 4,889 chicken houses with a total capacity of 134 million chickens. These growers earned $349 million in contract income from Delmarva’s five chicken companies in 2022 – an 18% increase from 2021. Delmarva’s chicken companies spent $1.6 billion on corn, wheat, soybeans and other feed ingredients in 2022 – a 12% hike from 2021. There were 18,317 chicken company employees on Delmarva at the end of 2022, and chicken company employees earned $891 million in wages for the year, excluding benefits – a 4% increase from 2021. Year over year, grower income, chicken company wages, feed costs, and the value of the chicken we produced all increased in 2022."
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This should answer questions about chickens in Delaware.

[NYC refugee]

I've never noticed a smell from any of the chicken farms, but don't drive behind the live haul chicken truck. That thing reeks, the poor squashed-in chickens look desperate and fill me with guilt, and the feathers will end up in your air filter. It reeks when it's empty, too, so just avoid at all costs.

[rdlr]

Words of Wisdom:
Those white chicken feathers that blow on your car windshield are known as:
"Sussex County Snow"

[Threestep2]

Originally Posted by NYC refugee

I've never noticed a smell from any of the chicken farms, but don't drive behind the live haul chicken truck. That thing reeks, the poor squashed-in chickens look desperate and fill me with guilt, and the feathers will end up in your air filter. It reeks when it's empty, too, so just avoid at all costs.

Ride a bike on a 100F humid day through Purdue country.

[BOS2IAD]

Originally Posted by nuts2uiam

Is a chicken ranch anything like a Bunny Ranch? Inquiring minds want to know?

LOL! When I first saw this thread title, I did a double take. Then I wondered if DE changed the law so they could become like NV