KPIX Channel 5 #Petaluma Egg Ranch Increase Biosecurity To Prevent Avian Flu Outbreak

Sunrise Farms co-owner Arnie Riebli appears on CBS San Francisco telling about what he is doing to protect his chickens from bio contamination. Riebli, a fourth generation Sonoma County rancher and in 2011 received the Petaluma Chamber’s Excellence in Agriculture Award, as a precaution would not allow the KPIX reporter John Ramos on his grounds and instead met him at the Henny Penny. Sunrise Farms take extra precautions not to spread avian flu which could be devastating for the chickens and revenues of the farmer. Riebli says that if you get avian flu in a flock of chickens you would experience a 95% mortality within a 6-day timeline. Sunrise Farms has spent up to $2 million for what Riebli calls “self insurance and self-preservation” to help assure and eliminate cross contamination. The temporary increased cost and as many of 45 million chickens lost to avian flu, it’s no wonder egg prices increased in stores. He says if the outbreak ends the chicken population will recover as chicken farmers tend to over produce and will have no problems recovering over time. In his words “They will all come home to roost” making the increase costs temporary.

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