SA poultry farmers have warned of chicken and egg shortages as they battle ‘the worst bird flu outbreak ever to hit the country’. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
‘Chickens are celibate’: South Africans respond to egg shortage
South Africans recently took to social media to reveal they were saddened to not to find eggs on the shelves.
SA poultry farmers have warned of chicken and egg shortages as they battle ‘the worst bird flu outbreak ever to hit the country’. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
The shortage of eggs supplies for South African consumers are attributed to a nationwide outbreak of avian flu (HPAI) virus in the poultry population.
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SOUTH AFRICA WITHOUT EGGS?
IOL reports that egg shortages are already a reality in South Africa as several retailers apologised for egg shortages in their stores a few days ago.
The South African Veterinary Association president Dr Paul van der Merwe revealed to the publication that he doesn’t know where it’s going to end.
Van der Merwe added that the situation was dire and would have a ripple effect on the multibillion-rand poultry sector.
“I don’t know where it’s going to end. We are probably going to lose a third or half of our flock. That’s going to have a massive impact on our egg production. On our chicken production. It is very, very serious currently.”
He also warned that it was devastating for businesses, as well as vets who had to cull up to 50 000 birds at a time and the current government policy is they cull all the houses where the birds are affected.
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SOCIAL MEDIA WEIGHS IN
@thobval: “If you talking in terms of South Africa. Sis Fiks, over a million chickens we culled due to outbreak ye avian flu. So inkinga ile flue, so already bebekhuluma ngokuthi 30 percent of the egg industry is somehow affected by yonke lento.”
@Camberry_cam: “The chicken have decided to know their worth and be celibate sis Fikz.”
@BuhleTheFirst: “Apparently there’s a bird flu something or rather doing the rounds right now.”
@VuyokaziK: “I’m not an egg fan but it’s going to be tough for others shame.”
@MaphindieNyaba: “On strike for increase of monthly allowance.”
@KhumaloDanica: “Chickens are on some celibate what what.”
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