I think Turner still runs a couple of big egg operations in the state, but as far as meat chickens, that industry died here in Maine some years ago. Perdue, Tyson, and their own pig-headedness coupled with statutory guidance from our omniscient state legislature drove the Maine companies under. A lot of inspectors showed up in the postal service as re-instated federal employees.
The countryside is dotted with old chicken houses and most of the processing was done in Belfast. Those poor people, they were still holding their Broiler Festival for long years after the last plant shut down. I think that was Penobscot Poultry. But the town (my county seat) once billed itself as the broiler capital of the world.
On the upside, Belfast harbor is starting to draw more fancy boats into their moorings. The downside is that the harbor mud still oozes chicken fat that sticks to the hull of the yachts, so it will still be a while before Belfast lives down that reputation enough to draw the big yachts that will bring some real money into town.
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