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You will very seldom find un-finished birds available at the shows. Most will be 10 months + and chosen as spares from breeding programs, or show birds that have past thier prime but not used in breeding for one reson or another..
Jarvis, things like Marek's that's passed through feathers and dander is what's scary. And Marek's birds can look healthy & never get sick after their initial bout with it yet infect other birds with their dander: the birds at the shows have been bathed at least once and ussually several times, along with dipping to help maintain feather quality and reduce debris and dander in the under down. Standing back at 2 ft and not being able to handle a bird also helps reduce risk. being clean and washing and changing clothing makes sense but may be a bit overkill for teh bigger shows. the smaller county and 4-h shows where the birds are not preped as well that would another story.
When Teva worked for one of the large hog farms they really wanted employees that had no animals of their own and you would shower in and shower out plus you were not to stop at any stores on the way to work all in the name of biosecurity.
If a hog ever got outside it did not come back into the barn either, it was rounded up and shot.
But the employees would on a regular basis finds 'coons and 'possums rummaging through the cabinets in the break room.
So much for biosecurity!
You will very seldom find un-finished birds available at the shows. Most will be 10 months + and chosen as spares from breeding programs, or show birds that have past thier prime but not used in breeding for one reson or another..
Jarvis, things like Marek's that's passed through feathers and dander is what's scary. And Marek's birds can look healthy & never get sick after their initial bout with it yet infect other birds with their dander: the birds at the shows have been bathed at least once and ussually several times, along with dipping to help maintain feather quality and reduce debris and dander in the under down. Standing back at 2 ft and not being able to handle a bird also helps reduce risk. being clean and washing and changing clothing makes sense but may be a bit overkill for teh bigger shows. the smaller county and 4-h shows where the birds are not preped as well that would another story.
When Teva worked for one of the large hog farms they really wanted employees that had no animals of their own and you would shower in and shower out plus you were not to stop at any stores on the way to work all in the name of biosecurity.
If a hog ever got outside it did not come back into the barn either, it was rounded up and shot.
But the employees would on a regular basis finds 'coons and 'possums rummaging through the cabinets in the break room.
So much for biosecurity!
