Bad news today that the Bird Flu H5N1 virus is in Suffolk. I just hope they can contain it and that it came in through imported poultry and not via the wild bird population. :(
hi
from what the new have been saying the turkeys were in a field having dropped from the sky, so its possible they have been elsewhere.
What it does mean is that chicken in the shops now is ok, next weekend its going to be double the price!
Cambourne7
You got it in one Cambourne7, you cynical thing. ;D
Geoff.
Quote from: cambourne7 on February 03, 2007, 12:20:16
hi
from what the new have been saying the turkeys were in a field having dropped from the sky, so its possible they have been elsewhere.
What it does mean is that chicken in the shops now is ok, next weekend its going to be double the price!
Cambourne7
I think the opposite Cambourne7, I think the public will be avoiding poultry products.
What do you mean by "the turkeys were in a field having dropped from the sky, so its possible they have been elsewhere."? How can turkeys be dropped from the sky?
i believe they were organic free range ones they could fly a little
According to the news today, they were all indoors in sheds. I wonder what the truth is. :-\
Tesco were radically reducing all their packets of turkey yesterday afternoon and one lady was filling her trolley up with it all. I wonder if at this time, Tesco had more information than the general public and whether the lady who bought it all is now regretting having done so.
tesco will be just clearing shelf space to pop more meat on it thats been marked up!
I'm looking forward to the news to find out how hut enclosed birds could catch bird flu.
Here in Teeside I have 11 hens and 11x 3wk old chicks. Will watch the story. Kids will be devestated if I had to get rid of them.
Sounds as though we may have stuck lucky, having just stocked up with 40 lb of chicken last week. By the time we've eaten it, this will just be a memory.
the site where its happened is probably one of the most bio secure farms in uk if it can get in there it can get in anywhere
160 000 birds been killed right now the east coast has always been favourite to get it first via migretory birds mainly wild fowl or wet land birds
these poults have not been anywhere from what i hear its 56 day old turkeys that have contracted the flu and only one hut has the infection but the whole flock must be killed lets hope that its going to be confined to this small area
as for eating poultry its perfectly safe to eat poultry no body has ever contracted this illness ever from eating meat i have just had a turkey stir fry for my tea and im not worried at all
people may boycott poultry for a short while this will if anything make it even cheaper to buy as there will be a glut of it in the shops
i shall be more worried if this thing starts to spread its coming up breeding time again and the last thing i want is to have to kill my birds and start again lets keep our fingers crossed and hope this is an isolated episode
Nothing puts me off my grub. Will keep eating poultry as and when. No problems here ;)
Last year when we had the bird flu scare we got ready to cover the chicken run or even to keep them in their shed but I am very curious to know how these turkeys in Lowestoft actualy got it as it's supposed to be too early for migrating birds to be arriving.
pah - been through this last year and shall pretty much ignore the rubbish on the tv. You will get alot of 'real' info from pekinbantams.com website or practical poultry.
As a non poultry keeper, I really sympathise for those of you who do. What a worry for you, and a palava having to keep the poor birds all cooped up. Suffolk is our neighbour, so close enough for us to have a few concerns, and with Kelly's Turkeys just around the corner, I imagine hygene will be strict and school trips to the farm will be cancelled.
I agree OO I get really fed up with all the hype - the thing that really scares me is the men in white suits arriving to kill my girls. When we had the scare last year there were people on the internet who were killing their birds cos they didn't want to keep them indoors - seemed a bit drastic to me, mine often prefer to stay in when it's really cold or when there is snow so I don't think they'd mind too much.
Well I am keeping my fingers crossed for all of you that keep a few chooks. Lets hope this is an isolated outbreak. They are now saying that the contamination could have come in on the bottom of someones boot. I would have thought that if they where farming at that intensity they would have had to walk through a dip. Even without this threat it would have made good sense.
By the look of the farm/factory views that I have seen on the telly it all looks very high tec. But suppose it only takes one lazy employee to ignore the rules.
I hope this doesnt lead to chickens getting destroyed.The next lottie to me has chickens, and I love to watch them as much as they love to watch me! I'm a real softie when it comes to animals and birds ;D
cj :)