It's more likely that the guy's "friend" accidentally killed all his chickens by letting them either freeze to death or cook to death or die of thirst/starvation. Most chicken farmers would not own up to their mistake and would tell a stupid lie to cover up their mistakes, like the Theranos slut "Elizabeth Holmes".
Upvoted this not because I believe those words 100%, but to raise awareness of possible threats against food supply.
Subsidizing farmers not to grow their crops is one thing (they can always grow another crop), but culling livestock is something else entirely.
It's more likely that the guy's "friend" accidentally killed all his chickens by letting them either freeze to death or cook to death or die of thirst/starvation. Most chicken farmers would not own up to their mistake and would tell a stupid lie to cover up their mistakes, like the Theranos slut "Elizabeth Holmes".