Is it my imagination?.......

Please forgive me if I sound ignorant, but what did you mean by "live birds don't take much sitting to get too hot"?

 

He hauls chickens from the farm to processing.

 

I've got a unique way of measuring truck traffic.

I live near the I 80 westbound chicken house before Cheyenne. I get past there multiple times a week.
During years of a strong economy there is ALWAYS action at the POE. On sat afternoon there can be a back up of 1/2 mile or more getting off the exit to the POE. Now days there is never a back up and some days going by the POE there are NO trucks on the lot.

Kinda telling if you ask me.