Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Mother of Chaos]

Yup

 

[BDutch]

It is at pilot stage for egg laying hens in the Netherlands in the context of an EU-wide vaccine strategy.
France was the pilot for ducks and then did mass vaccination of ducks starting in October 2023. I believe in France it is now compulsory to vaccinate ducks intended for meat.
The US immediately restricted imports of duck meat from France as a consequence of the meat being from vaccinated birds but I saw that the US recently lifted some of the restrictions.
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/7/24-1445_article
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/sites/de...odities-originating-from-or-transiting-eu.pdf

Thanks for explaining. I just have been reading a Dutch article on the same subject. Very strange. It doesn’t make sense how the different countries try to coop with Ai and don’t cooperate in achieving solutions.

 

[Shadrach]

Two damp and chilly hours. The sun did shine for a while though.
Everybody came out onto the field but didn't venture far and didn't stay out long.