So does that make all the rhetoric so many people were spewing in this thread invalid? Trust the govt. All they were doing was trying to limit the spread and commercial losses which was obvious by which birds were killed.
Still best to kill all the roosters ya know just in case. Especially at those places where someone has more than a couple. They’re obviously up to no good.
Maybe if people would quit treating chickens as pets and more like livestock there would be less issues. Everyone nowadays is treating respiratory diseases, breeding known carriers and generally ending up with flocks of chickens that have the immune system of an AIDS patient.
It’s recommended...
I suppose it feels better to have someone to blame instead of the disease being spread inadvertently by a song bird, a worker or whatever. It’s better to put a face on it so everyone can jump on the bandwagon. Still no proof. Not “most likely” or “probably” or any other theory. The climate is so...
I have 52 gamecocks. I have just as many hens too. I have 51 pens and 3 coops. I like roosters and the crowing doesn’t bother me at all. If a rooster crowing outside in the morning is waking someone up they need more exercise.
Yes they do need to either be kept on a tie cord or penned one...
Here’s a *flighty* 5 yr old dirtbag gamehen taking care of her chicks. Unlike most laying hens that can’t manage to live past 3 yrs without going belly up. Multiple trips to the vet (moving birds around) just to prop up unhealthy birds.
I understand what you’re saying but just because what you think is going on doesn’t make it true. I might wonder if 50% of the people on here even know how to take care of chickens based on the posts in the emergency section. I’m not that naive though sometimes stuff happens that’s beyond...
General poultry shows have tons of sick birds by posters own admission on this forum. They load their birds up with antibiotics because they’re sick and still take them to shows. Many people report bring their birds home from a show only to get sick within a few days. That’s more telling than...
If that factory farm worker went over his buddy’s house who raised any kind of chickens and had a beer the same thing could result. I don’t understand where they’re getting a cockfight from. I’ve read and read all the articles and all the press releases. It’s BS. It’s all chickens and they have...
“Extracurricular poultry events” is probably right but that would include everyone raising as many birds as they can to sell to attempt to turn a profit. There is very little chance of that actually happening if the birds are properly cared for. Sure there’s some that can do it but they are in...
Maybe an industry shouldn’t have been built housing a million chickens in close quarters on top of one another? Profit and greed was the driving force not just meeting demand. Now the economy is dependent on it. Some things should change and with it might come a little discomfort for some.
Man if I was a betting man I’d say it has more to do with the commercial operations keeping hundreds of thousands of birds. That’s probably not that popular and they have a lot more money behind them than the average backyard chicken keeper.