Fried Chicken Anyone?

18,000. That's how many chickens were in a chicken house when it went up in flames early Wednesday morning.

The next door neighbor said his dogs woke him up about 1:3am and he saw an orange glow outside his house. He couldn't tell where it was coming from but called 911 and the owner of the chicken farm to come check it out.

We actually smelled the scene before we arrived on it. If you've never smelled 18,000 burnt chickens, wish that you never have to. And the sight of those little chicken bodies extra crispy just kinda makes you wonder why we eat them. For all you vegetarians out there, it's times like these where I can see where you're coming from. Not that I'm changing eating habits anytime soon, I can just see where you're coming from.

The owner tells us it will cost $200,000 to rebuild the burned down building and restock it with some 20,000 chicks. His other 400 foot long building went undamaged as did the rest of his chickens. Sadly, Surry County EMS Director John Shelton told us this happens a couple of times a year just in his county. So, the United States Agriculture Department has laws that say you must have it all cleaned up within 48 hours. That means all those chickens must be buried before everyone goes to bed Thursday night. That's gonna be one long funeral service.