30,000 chickens drown in Trat
Farmer contracted to raise 40,000 chickens for meat finds most dead Sunday after flash flood in Trat’s Bo Rai district
Some 30,000 meat chickens drowned when a contracted farm in Trat’s Bo Rai district was hit by a flash flood Saturday, the owner of the farm said on Sunday.
Pipop, 77, said he was contracted by a large company to raise 40,000 poultry chickens, which were almost ready to be handed over to the firm, but 30,000 of them died Saturday night when the flash flood hit the farm in Tambon Bo Ploy.
He said it rained heavily at 8pm on Saturday and the water rose very fast, and he could do nothing to save the chickens as it was dark.
He informed the company but it did not send help in time, and 30,000 of the birds were found drowned in the morning.
He said he had asked the firm to rush to take the remaining birds away, and he had yet to consult the Trat Livestock Development Office on what to do with the massive number of dead chickens.
