Not a quote that I would have expected to see:
“People are panic-buying chickens like they did toilet paper."
Coronavirus fears, scarce eggs and lockdown boredom are driving sales of live chickens, especially baby chicks, across the United States, The New York Times reports.
In Utah, the Ogden Intermountain Farmers Association store sold 1,000 chicks in one day, and a Dallas Green Farm and Home store in West Haven sold 350 chicks at a one-day sales event.
Katy Cox, whose family has raised chickens as a hobby for four years, came to a Riverton IFA store planning to buy four chicks, but discovered long lines and sign-in sheets for buyers. She took home six new chicks — the per-customer limit, according to the publication.
“I think there is kind of a herd mentality,” Cox said. “If one person does it then everyone does it ... it is definitely different times. People have never gone through anything like this. There was how life looked before COVID-19 and then life after COVID-19.”
Baby chicks: cute now, delicious later.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
p.s. How insightful is that quote from Katy Cox above? "There was how life looked before COVID-19 and then life after COVID-19." Our world has indeed changed.