UK Bird Flu - All poultry must be housed indoors by 14th December

[DustyDivas]

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Clever idea
Love to see the finished pics too

 

[Crazyabouthens]

I'm in Ireland... do you think it is coming here?!

I have a suitable cage luckily.
It has already been found in wild birds in the next county.... but I love them and I'm panicking.... their cage is just 6' by 10' and there are 8 of them...!

You can't put 8 chickens in a cage!! That's basically just them becoming battery hens?

 

[aart]

You can't put 8 chickens in a cage!! That's basically just them becoming battery hens?

6' x 8' cage is not bad for 8 birds.

 

[Crazyabouthens]

6' x 8' cage is not bad for 8 birds.

Still should never put a hen in a cage no matter how big it is. It is not natural for them to be doing that.

 

[HumbleAmerican]

...... pontificating a year old thread?

How is the bird flu situation in the UK now?

 

[aart]

Still should never put a hen in a cage no matter how big it is. It is not natural for them to be doing that.

I don't think you understand the situation.
Did you carefully read the whole thread?
Where in this world do you live @Crazyabouthens ?

How is the bird flu situation in the UK now?

I believe another 'flock down' has been instated recently.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

From November.

From yesterday. Its continuing to slowly spread.

It is a curious position of the [poster], suggesting it better to keep one's poultry uncaged, at risk of infection of the avian flu (potentially lethal), continuing to spread the avian flu (disrespectful of other's property rights), in violation of health laws (potentially expensive for the owner, and lethal for the chicken) simply for the comfort of a cage-free environment, since all else is "unnatural".

News Flash. Gallus Gallus Domesticus is "unnatural". The whole "Domesticus" bit is a huge *hint*. Modern kept chickens are not what one would find in the wild, nor do they thrive there when released. Having taken upon itself the choice to deliberately breed chickens into an animal which very much needs humanity's assistance to survive, it would be the height of irresponsibility to throw them out on their own solely to ensure a natural cage-free environment now - particularly while a contagious and sometimes lethal pathogen to which they are uniquely vulnerable is making its way thru the countryside.

Further, its simply arrogant to believe one's morals trump lawful authority. You want to engage in civic disobedience - sure, that's your right. Publicly do the crime, puiblicly do the time, and hope your fellow citizens agree its unjust, leading to a changing of the law. Advising others to do so, with none of your skin in the game??? Not so noble, in my almost never humble opinion.

Don't be like [poster]. Cage your birds during this outbreak. 6x10 isn't great, but if its what you've got, its what you should use. Hopefully, the spread will stop, the outbreak end, and the restrictrictions will be lifted soon. In the event you have feeders for wild birds, either move them as far from your poultry as possible, or better, remove them from your yard entire. Best not to encourage the presence of potential disease vectors on your property.

 

[RooStar Chicken Gang]

Bird flu.. another scam played on the ignorant masses... Flus and viruses are just the bodies natural detoxing process.

 

[Shadrach]

News Flash. Gallus Gallus Domesticus is "unnatural". The whole "Domesticus" bit is a huge *hint*. Modern kept chickens are not what one would find in the wild, nor do they thrive there when released.

I do hope you won't take offence. I read your posts when I find them which is a compliment on any internet site it seems.
What I take issue with is the assertion that modern chickens can not thrive in the wild. This isn't true.
There are many places in the world where highly successful feral populations have established themselves from what were domesticated chickens.
It has more to do with the environment than the chicken itself in most cases.
Even in Finland there are land race breeds and in China, Asia, The Cayman Isles, Florida, Afganistan and doubtless other places which all have domesticated chickens as their ancestors.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Yes. There are feral packs in places. Hawaii is great example. I live in FL, have most of my life. Commercial chickens don't thrive here, most breeds completely unsuited to our summers and our predators, and are quickly eliminated. What survives as a feral pack does not thrive, though a few birds eke by. If you bought them from a breeder, you would almost certainly complain of the sub par quality of weight gain and frequency of lay.

and no offense taken. We simply have differing definitions of "thrive" and acceptable levels of survival rates. Long standing feral landraces have largely avoided the alterations that come of human husbandry.