Salmonella Outbreak Warning~ Please read!

[Funky Feathers]

Got this from my Dept. of Ag today. They found Salmonella in a hatchery in Ohio. It is contagious to people. Please read. WASH YOUR HANDS.

 

[angelicflamesva]

When I read this I freaked a bit because we just got an order from a hatchery in Ohio...luckily it was NOT the one that is the cause of the salmonella! I quickly researched it & found that it is (ironically named) Mt. HEALTHYs Hatchery

who also had another outbreak just last year!!! They are already reporting 93 cases in many different states & one death! Last year it was 63!

 

[Mskayladog]

Sounds like common sense advice everyone should follow when dealing with most animals.
But how do you kow where your chicks came from if you got them from a feed store such as tractor supply or orchelien.

 

[CMV]

Sounds like common sense advice everyone should follow when dealing with most animals.
But how do you kow where your chicks came from if you got them from a feed store such as tractor supply or orchelien.

I ask my feed store where they get their birds from. I refuse to deal with certain hatcheries because of the prevalence of genetic faults in some hatchery lines. I got tired of getting "healthy" chicks that ended as crossbeaks and geese that displayed angelwing within a week of buying them. I am interested in breeding all my own stock in the future, so I need some decent specimens to start with.

 

[Mskayladog]

I ask my feed store where they get their birds from.  I refuse to deal with certain hatcheries because of the prevalence of genetic faults in some hatchery lines.  I got tired of getting "healthy" chicks that ended as crossbeaks and geese that displayed angelwing within a week of buying them.  I am interested in breeding all my own stock in the future, so I need some decent specimens to start with.

I called T'S and orsheclien. T'S chicks came from Esges and orchelien came from Privett