15,000 chickens suffocated by flooding in Nghe An were 'rescued'
On the morning of September 23, about 15,000 chickens at two chicken farms in Vinh City and Dien Chau District suffocated to death. With the active participation of local authorities and the joint support of the people, all of the chickens were sold, helping to minimize the damage to the farm owners.
As reported by Nghe An Newspaper, on the morning of September 23, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Huy's farm (Hoa Hop hamlet, Nghi An commune) was raising about 17,000 chickens, expected to be sold in the next 10 days but was flooded due to heavy rain.
While the owner mobilized people to evacuate the chickens from the flooded area, bringing nearly 7,000 chickens to the backup farm, the main farm had an electrical short circuit. Although Mr. Huy tried to fix the problem, because the farm was built in a closed area, the ventilation system did not work, causing the chickens to suffocate and die in large numbers. The total number of chickens that died on Mr. Huy's farm was about 9,000, weighing from 2.2kg to 2.5kg/chicken, with a total weight of 25 tons of chickens.
Immediately after receiving the news from the people, Nghi An commune authorities mobilized mass organizations to support Mr. Huy's family in moving the chickens out of the coop; gathered feather plucking machines and human resources to slaughter the chickens. At the same time, they called on social networks to support people to buy chickens at a price of 40,000-50,000 VND/chicken to reduce the damage to the farm owner.
Within just 4 hours, 9,000 suffocated chickens of Mr. Huy's family were bought by people in Vinh city and surrounding areas, helping the farm owner earn more than 300 million VND, recovering some of the losses.
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Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Huy, the owner of the chicken farm, said: "I am truly touched and grateful for the spirit of mutual love and support of everyone; the participation and enthusiastic support of Nghi An commune. Thanks to everyone's help, support and joint efforts, 9,000 chickens weighing nearly 25,000 tons were sold out."
In Dien Thinh commune (Dien Chau district), prolonged heavy rain also caused Mr. Nguyen Van Tam's chicken farm (Trung Song hamlet) to be flooded. Mr. Tam's farm raised about 15,000 broiler chickens, which were about to be sold, but two rows of cages were flooded, killing 355 chickens and leaving more than 5,000 chickens waterlogged.
Immediately after receiving the information, on one hand, the government mobilized human resources to help evacuate the chickens to dry areas, while at the same time calling on people to buy chickens to rescue the farmers. By noon on September 23, nearly 6,000 chickens of Mr. Tam's family had been bought by local people.
Mr. Hoang Hai - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Dien Thinh commune said: "In just a few hours, nearly 6,000 chickens were sold out. On one hand, thanks to the active participation of the government, local people and the spread of social networks. When the information was posted on Facebook and Zalo pages, it received sympathy and a spirit of mutual love from everyone, so they placed orders to support."
Along with implementing flood prevention and control work, localities recommend that people, especially livestock, poultry and aquaculture farm owners, monitor weather developments, floods and proactively move livestock to higher areas to reduce damage.
