"The amount we could export would not solve their egg shortage," says the head of the Finnish Poultry Association.

US authorities have turned to Europe for help with the country’s severe egg shortage. The shortfall is due to bird flu, which has plagued the United States for several years.

The Finnish Poultry Association says it has been contacted about exporting eggs to the US. The organisation’s executive director, Veera Lehtilä, told Yle on Saturday that exporting eggs does not seem to be possible at the moment because no market access negotiations have been held with US authorities. This can be a drawn-out process involving extensive inspections and studies.

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  • JokeDeityEnglish
    9•9 hours ago

    As in, they will fine you and tell you that you must get rid of them and if you don’t they will take them from you.

    • gon [he]English
      8•9 hours ago

      Hahaha, no I get that! I was trying to ask what exactly about owning chickens is illegal. Is it a noise thing, smell? Risk of disease? Are ducks illegal?

      Do they just hate chickens?

      • Clay_pidginEnglish
        4•4 hours ago

        Is pretty common here. Neighborhoods and towns enact these rules to protect property values, which are probably the most sacred cow of American politics.

      • JokeDeityEnglish
        5•5 hours ago

        They use pretty much all of the above to justify it, like the other guy said, it’s NIMBY bullshit. Yes ducks are as well. And it’s come up to a vote like 4 times in the last decade but been shot down by conservatives every time.

        • gon [he]English
          3•5 hours ago

          That’s terrible… I’m so sorry. Hopefully people can find a workaround or something… I don’t know…

          • JokeDeityEnglish
            1•20 minutes ago

            A lot of people say stuff along the lines of “you can have chickens here as long as you get along with your neighbors”, implying that they won’t call the police/city over it, but unfortunately I live next to an old cranky shithead that thinks Trump is a god. He’s threatened to call the city on us for having slightly long grass, he’ll definitely do it over chickens.

            If I had the money I would look into opening something small nearby that isn’t under residential zoning and start raising some, but it’s WAY beyond my means.

      • trollercoasterEnglish
        8•7 hours ago

        I suppose some city politician is a NIMBY arsehole who disliked a neighbour’s chickens making chicken noises.