In order to participate in the GunBroker Member forums, you must be logged in with your GunBroker.com account. Click the sign-in button at the top right of the forums page to get connected.
320,000 Dead
select-fire
Member Posts: 69,539 ✭✭✭✭
News said the vandals turned the heat up to 115 degree and killed them.
Authorities continue search for chicken vandals in Clarendon County
CLARENDON COUNTY, SC (WIS) -
A wake of buzzards circled over the chicken barns at Coker Farms near Alcolu in search of remains left from thousands of dead chickens below.
Late last month, someone broke into the eight barns, cut off ventilators, boosted the temperature controls and wiping out 320,000 chickens, according to Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett.
"We've got burglar alarms and all that and, if the temperature drops and doesn't cut off, we've got someone in North Carolina that calls us and tells us check the chicken house," farm owner W.L. Coker said.
Coker's operation is one of the largest in the county and the hardest hit in what investigators think is a deliberate attack on farms producing birds for the giant national poultry company called Pilgrim's Pride.
According to their website, the company contracts with 4,000 suppliers in the United States and Mexico. The company issued a statement saying the attacks showed a "blatant disregard for the welfare of the chickens and the livelihood of the family farmers involved."
Other farms in Clarendon, Sumter, and possibly Lee counties have experience smaller losses.
Coker says the damage in the barns could cost more than $125,000 which are not covered by insurance. Coker also says the poultry company will re-stock the barns within the next few weeks and get him back in business.
Meanwhile, the Clarendon County Sheriff's Office and SLED are among those who continue to look into what exactly happened and who is responsible.
Authorities continue search for chicken vandals in Clarendon County
CLARENDON COUNTY, SC (WIS) -
A wake of buzzards circled over the chicken barns at Coker Farms near Alcolu in search of remains left from thousands of dead chickens below.
Late last month, someone broke into the eight barns, cut off ventilators, boosted the temperature controls and wiping out 320,000 chickens, according to Clarendon County Sheriff Randy Garrett.
"We've got burglar alarms and all that and, if the temperature drops and doesn't cut off, we've got someone in North Carolina that calls us and tells us check the chicken house," farm owner W.L. Coker said.
Coker's operation is one of the largest in the county and the hardest hit in what investigators think is a deliberate attack on farms producing birds for the giant national poultry company called Pilgrim's Pride.
According to their website, the company contracts with 4,000 suppliers in the United States and Mexico. The company issued a statement saying the attacks showed a "blatant disregard for the welfare of the chickens and the livelihood of the family farmers involved."
Other farms in Clarendon, Sumter, and possibly Lee counties have experience smaller losses.
Coker says the damage in the barns could cost more than $125,000 which are not covered by insurance. Coker also says the poultry company will re-stock the barns within the next few weeks and get him back in business.
Meanwhile, the Clarendon County Sheriff's Office and SLED are among those who continue to look into what exactly happened and who is responsible.
Comments
that way no one will eat them [:D][:D]
some one needs a severe beating and life behind bars with a "big" cellmate
probably still good for McNuggets[:D]
Naw, the need to age a bit more in the sun before they are ripe enough for Micky Dees
"Fools learn from their own mistakes. I learn from the mistakes of others"
Otto von Bismarck
A lot of pissed off former employees that were recently laid off is probably the blame.
Sheriff dept is looking into former employees and have a lead .
I remember hearing about a man who tried to buy a shotgun a couple years ago and got denied. He inquired as to why. The reason was that he had a felony for stealing a pig back in the 60's. I say when they catch these Jack wagons, they get 320,000 felonies.