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HURRICANE IDALIA KILLED FIVE MILLION CHICKENS
Sep. 6, 2023
by Scott McDonald, The Messenger News, West Palm Beach, FL
Nearly a week after Hurricane Idalia pummeled the Big Bend area of Florida, the body count is rising. Not human bodies, but livestock across the farmlands. Particularly chickens.
Live Oak City Manager Larry Sessions estimated that five million chickens died from the category 3 storm that made landfall near Keaton Beach on Aug. 30, according to the Tallahassee Democrat.
The storm quickly worked its way into Suwannee County, a sparsely populated area just inland that took a powerful punch from Idalia. Winds were around 125 mph when the storm made landfall.
Hurricane Idalia ripped apart barns, tore through fence lines and killed everything from cattle to chickens. Some cattle were killed by flying debris. Chickens had their coops shredded to pieces and many were killed by high winds or high waters, reported the Democrat.
Many homes of the poultry were crushed by falling trees as farmers sought higher ground and safety.
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