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    Wise to hatch/raise from current flock in the same location? Safe to eat if culling makes more sense?

    I guess my mile long report on what the state lab vet said wasn't as clear as I had hoped. She clarified that the titers tests cannot identify the cause of the hens antibodies, but only that she mounted an immune response at some point. So, YES, the positive results could have come from a...
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    Wise to hatch/raise from current flock in the same location? Safe to eat if culling makes more sense?

    OK, so the state lab vet called me yesterday and was very educational. She is a chicken enthusiast herself, but the job doesn't allow her to currently own chickens of her own, although she does get to help with her mother's flock when visiting. Anyway, she said that these tests only indicate...
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    Wise to hatch/raise from current flock in the same location? Safe to eat if culling makes more sense?

    This is a very sweet idea. Thank you!
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    Wise to hatch/raise from current flock in the same location? Safe to eat if culling makes more sense?

    Thank you. I put in another call to the state lab vet this morning and will post her answer if I ever get a response. She must be really busy because she has historically been very informative and educational. She necropsied a goose for me a few years ago that tested positive for chronic...
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    Wise to hatch/raise from current flock in the same location? Safe to eat if culling makes more sense?

    Thank you so much! I hadn't discovered thepoultrysite in my research efforts. That's a really graphic site, but that's reality that we all have to face if we are to prove to be good stewards of our animals. Not happy to hear that you agree with me that culling makes the most sense, but it will...
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    Wise to hatch/raise from current flock in the same location? Safe to eat if culling makes more sense?

    Hello! I am trying to figure out the wisdom or stupidity of both eating any birds I cull as well as hatching/raising from their eggs and continuing to keep chickens in the same location - 1/3 acre fenced with stationary night lockup buildings. I just had a sick hen euthanized and necropsied by...
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