I agree 100%! I wish that the breeders that hide behind "Breeding for Disease Resistance" would get informed. I am so sick of hearing about people having to depopulate due to mycoplasma. I want these people to explain to my friend's kindergarten daughter that finds her pet chickens dying; how well their breeding program is working. It makes me sick.
"It's just a cold", no it is not. Chickens do not get colds.
"It is everywhere, 95% of backyard flocks have it." No, it is not. There is not a single study that has been conducted to reach those numbers. Maybe 95% of the tests that a particular lab runs are positive for Mycoplasma, but who sends in samples of healthy chickens?
"I breed for disease resistance." Sorry, unless you have a lab inside your home and you are continuously testing for whatever disease you are trying to build resistance to, I call BS. Also, if you cannot have an intelligent conversation about the B Complex genetics in poultry, or try to say that it is like cows or humans, you are wrong. Completely different MHC.
Ooooh, you have me fired up again! haha
"It's just a cold", no it is not. Chickens do not get colds.
"It is everywhere, 95% of backyard flocks have it." No, it is not. There is not a single study that has been conducted to reach those numbers. Maybe 95% of the tests that a particular lab runs are positive for Mycoplasma, but who sends in samples of healthy chickens?
"I breed for disease resistance." Sorry, unless you have a lab inside your home and you are continuously testing for whatever disease you are trying to build resistance to, I call BS. Also, if you cannot have an intelligent conversation about the B Complex genetics in poultry, or try to say that it is like cows or humans, you are wrong. Completely different MHC.
Ooooh, you have me fired up again! haha