@dasparky nodds in agreement
#Chicken, like any #pet / #livestock, are a #commitment.
If one cannot fulfill it, tjey should abstain from taking on that commitment, as failing to do so is #AnimalCruelty!
I don't have any #pets because I do not have the time & space to adequately care for any...
Being able to say "no" is better than comitting oneself beyond one's abilities!!!
We would halve #methane emissions from North America if we cut cattle by half 
A most efficient path would be to target #USA because the headcount is biggest and because each bovine emits most if bred the American way. Same as in Brazil: https://mas.to/@maugendre/113992940508282754
Ref: http://data.yt/
Greenhouse gas from livestock digestion in Equatorial Climates
Along the Equator, it mainly is sheep and bovines that account for methane emissions.
The biggest producers are Ethiopia and Sudan (South Sudan included).
Reference: #GreenHouseForcing http://data.yt/
#Cattle husbandry emits #greenhouse gas.
For example:
* South America and the Indian subcontinent breed most bovines who emit most methane.
* China and the Middle East produce too much livestock methane in regard to their bovine headcounts.
Emissions of #methane from livestock digestion per world region:
Let's consider activities that force the Greenhouse Effect, thus @climate change.
#Livestock digestion emits too much #methane:
• People farm too many bovines in India, Pakistan, Brazil, United States, China;
• People farm too many goats in India, Pakistan, China, Nigeria;
• People farm too many pigs in China and the United States.
Some activities are forcing climate change
CH4 emissions from livestock digestion:
* Pakistan doubles emissions between 2005 and 2024.
* Pakistan and Brazil each emit 3,000 Gg/year more in 2023 than in 2005.
CH4 emissions from livestock digestion:
* Pakistan doubles emissions between 2005 and 2024.
* Pakistan and Brazil each emit 3,000 Gg/year more in 2023 than in 2005.
Some activities are forcing climate change
Livestock digestion emits too much methane:
* People farm too many bovines in India, Pakistan, Brazil, United States, China;
* People farm too many goats in India, Pakistan, China;
* People farm too many pigs in China and the United States.
(The bubble sizes depend on the mass of methane emitted in 2022)
2024DEC19 USA, Nebraska “Dozens of SUV-sized drones as fast as 120mph terrorized our town's #livestock” 
#UAP / #UFO / #cows / #Nebraska /#CBS <https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14206135/Dozens-SUV-sized-drones-fast-120mph-terrorized-towns-livestock-Nebraska-New-Jersey-UAP-UFO.html>
Methane fast facts: #Methan is responsible for 20% of global warming since the Industrial Revolution; In 2018, the #food system contributed 33% of all human-caused #GHG emissions; In 2015, #livestock contributed to 10% of US methane emissions; Methane is about 30 times more potent than #CO2 over the span of a century; Europe and the Arctic are the only two regions whose methane emissions decreased from 2000 to 2018; Atmospheric methane concentrations have more than doubled in the last 200 years.
Credits: #NASA/Jesse Kirsch
World is watching the US deal with bird flu & it's scary
"as #H5N1 #birdflu spreads among animals in #USA.. poses serious #pandemic threat & been detected in >500 dairy herds in 15 states.. & yet US response appears inadequate & slow, w too few genomic sequences of H5N1 cases in farm animals made public for scientific review. Failure to control H5N1 among US #livestock cld hv global consequences.. a new pandemic labeled #Americanvirus cld be v damaging for US reputation"
https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/the-world-is-watching-the-us-deal-with-bird-flu-and-it-is-scary
Looks like it's time for another #introduction ! I'm TJ, I live on ~50 acres of stolen Oneida land (central NY), where I live with my partner, a rotating cast of my kids, farm helpers, and a slew of #livestock and #pets.
We #forage and #garden, and for the 2024 season we've produced about 85% of what we will eat at home for the year.
We generate more electricity than we use.
I fund this with a tech job (see my other acct at https://fedia.social/@TJHob), my partner works full time on the homestead.
Please enjoy some pictures from over the years.
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