Thousands of Chickens Died of Hypothermia During Kaporos in Brooklyn

Thousands of chickens stacked in crates on the streets of Brooklyn died of hyperthermia during Kaporos, a ritual animal slaughter that takes place each year in the days leading up to Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement. 

my two cents:

after they pass their sins onto the chickens they kill them and give them to "goyim" to eat