Should the Worst Epidemic Yet of Avian Flu Revive Concerns About Urban Homestead Poultry Farming in the US?
by Steven Smith from Outbreak News Today on (#CYCP)
I understand the enthusiasm for backyard chicken farming. It is guided by the spirit of providing eggs and meat for the family table, at lower costs, from humanely treated animals that are spared the application of antibiotics. The narrative goes that these animals are less susceptible to diseases compared to animals at commercial poultry farms ["]