Yes, it's manufactured! I have a few chickens in my back yard - just three hens and a rooster. And i decided to get some silkie chicks a couple of weeks ago because silkie hens go broody very often, and they will hatch other hens' eggs and raise them and then I won't have to incubate or do any of the work and I'll be able to produce more chickens then. Well, I bought six chicks and one died the first day. The next day a second chick got sick and died the next day. Then one of the chicks got sick and then recovered. Then a fourth chick got sick and died the next day. Now it's been a week and a half since the last one got sick and died. And I still have three chicks and they are looking great and healthy. Here's what I think: I think it's wrong that they are killing the sick chickens (if they even are sick). Two of my chicks didn't get sick, and one who did get sick fully recovered, and now they probably have strong immune systems. As far as spreading the virus - I don't think it would spread very far because when those chicks of mine got sick, they stopped moving and then laid down until they died. How can they spread sickness if they stop in their tracks when they get sick? But obviously, no one cares about common sense, and the plan is to take away our food supply. Those bastards.