Protecting Hens from Japan Fallout!

[Taylor]

don't worry about a thing, The good Lord will watch over us and our chickens!

 

[DTchickens]

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We tend to be on the same page

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-Daniel

 

[txhomegrown]

Many people, myself included, tend to deal with stressful, frightening situations by making fun of them. I meant no disrespect to the OP. It is just the way I handle things. And this situation is frightening. Not so much for the short term danger, as much as the unknown long term effect to the planet. We don't know what will happen as there is more and more crap released into the atmosphere.

Besides, with all that radiation being released in Japan, I think there is a more immediate danger.
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GODZILLA!!!!

 

[minihorse927]

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LOL, one question though. Since you are making silkie tin foil hats, will you make about 60 of them varying in size from just hatched to adults and send them my way? I want the neighbors to ask me why my chickens all have special hats!

 

[Attack Chicken]

If I get a three eyed chicken I'm naming him/her Blinky... (If you watch the Simpsons you will know what I'm talking about

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[arenea74]

If I get a three eyed chicken I'm naming him/her Blinky... (If you watch the Simpsons you will know what I'm talking about )

 

[onafixedincome]

Okay, taking this seriously...at least with just the MEREST touch of humor....

Picture the reactor in Japan as a tophat type of Polish rooster. A really, really BIG one, but a tophat type of Polish rooster nonetheless.

You know how their crest grows UP, then each feather tips over sideways of its own weight? Picture those as the radiation plumes from the plant.

To tip over and reach out sideways, they have to be a certain length and thickness. Then they tip over, and then downward, right?

Okay.

Now, to put this in perspective, if the reactor fuel is the chicken's brain (come on, folks, use that imagination!

), and the feathers are the radiation, which is thickest closest to the skull (containment vessel), then you're looking at the most likely distribution of radioactive material.

Not much of it goes very far, does it? Oh, you'll get a few longer feathers to make a nice fringe, but you generally get a mop-headed type of look, right?

So....proportionately speaking...

If I'd ever seen a topknot that is 3 FEET in diameter AND that reaches the ground that far out, on a normal-sized chicken, then I'd be worried.

Now, honestly, what are the odds, even in a high wind, of getting such a thing? And then add rain to the equation, which helps dampen down radiation and carry it to the ground?

Your chicken would be pasted to the pavement in short order, now wouldn't it...?

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Seriously, that's what the picture is like. The most radiation is most likely to be very near the plant. Unless there is some kind of absolutely hellacious explosion that shoots radioactive material at LEAST six miles up (that's MILES, like some 30,000 feet and more!), the air currents which are capable of reaching even Hawaiii won't pick up enough gamma-emitting material to worry about.

Yes, it's possible that radiation will reach the West Coast states/areas. But possible does NOT mean probable, and how MUCH radiation, as well as what KIND of radiation, makes it that far is what will make the difference between 'harm and a simple temporary rise in background count that does no harm at all.

So, please, folks...if you are truly worried, PLEASE do your research and relax until there is truly cause for realistic worry, okay?

There are a couple of links I found in my travels to research this for my own benefit and for other groups I moderate that I think are helpful:

http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/radiation/health-effects/measuring-radiation.html
http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/radiation/health-effects/radiation-basics.html

http://orise.orau.gov/reacts/guide/definitions.htm
https://orise.orau.gov/reacts/resources/radiation-faq.aspx

 

[easttxchick]

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Just FYI, you MAY want to watch the news or do just a tad more research-there has been radiation leaking from those reactors.

Her money to do with what she chooses. There are a lot of people that do things with their money that I wouldn't-NONE of my business(hint, hint).
Sorry to be so frank, but you're post is rude and callous.

 

[sgtmom52]

I don't know if this will help show what is going on in Japan for you, but I hope this will help calm some of your fears.

My daughter lives in Aomori Prefecture in Japan which is approx. 250 miles north of the power plants. She just received this email regarding radiation levels in their Prefecture (similar to a State)

Just in case anyone was interested in monitoring the radiation levels in Aomori and comparing them to our normal readings I've compiled the data gathered from the past few days into a chart. I'll try and keep it updated as much as possible. Please share this with concerned friends and family. The data was collected in Aomori City, and is pretty much about the same readings when compared with our neighboring prefectures. Also, the max and minimum values are specific to Aomori.

Aomori Radiation Chart

Hope this useful!

Zack

--
Zachary Bass
Prefectural Advisor &
Coordinator for International Relations
International Relations Division
Department of Commerce, Industry and Labor

This is the radiation level chart for the past few days including normal highs and lows. As you can see the current levels are on the low side of normal for that area.

 

[chickened]

Since when can we trust American media? I know some folk who do and that is OK. I for one know that there are agendas and advertising dollars driving the the media. They are in the business for a profit and any and all stories are dressed up for the consumer. Truth is second or a distant third. I have seen no pictures of people with radiation burns or anything for that matter that would concern me about radiation over here. I think the people who built those plants are doing their best in a bad situation. If someone wants to spend their money on tinfoil caps for their chickens by all means do it I won't stand in their way. And by the way rude people are everywhere get used to it, pointing them out is rude also. The only polite society is an armed society.