Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[Cindlady]

Hi All!

FT... Have fun with the new fuzzy butts!

Cold, tired and nothing new here.... Night All!

 

[jvls1942]

Hi All!

FT... Have fun with the new fuzzy butts!

Cold, tired and nothing new here.... Night All!

I just got up.. couldn't sleep,,

nite Cind

 

[Apow]

I learned our local environmental waste disposal company is in charge of the killing, disposal, and sanitizing of the facility that has the sick birds. I asked how they are killed and if they are to be buried on site. Killing by putting the birds into a container and filling it with fire extinguisher foam and disposal in a landfill. So much for being buried on site. Of course the rules change for the big guys.

 

[Apow]

Terri O, I am happy to read your animals are a bright spot in all this. They sure make their way into our hearts, eh? Makes the chores in sub zero weather, and any other inconvenience all worth it.

 

[Sclark73]

I learned our local environmental waste disposal company is in charge of the killing, disposal, and sanitizing of the facility that has the sick birds. I asked how they are killed and if they are to be buried on site. Killing by putting the birds into a container and filling it with fire extinguisher foam and disposal in a landfill. So much for being buried on site. Of course the rules change for the big guys.

I just heard from a source that they are moving dead birds to a incinerator offsite of where the disease was tested also. I'm not understanding why they are doing this when they said they needed to stay on site to avoid contamination to other flocks.

Now confirmed in Chippewa County near Jim Falls another commercial flock of turkeys with AI. It's getting closer me ughs.

 

[Apow]

Getting geared up to start our meaties. I saw Jim ordered all pullets. Jim, do pullets make better meaties?

 

[Celtic Chick]

Getting geared up to start our meaties. I saw Jim ordered all pullets. Jim, do pullets make better meaties?

He prefers females because they fit into freezer bags better with their shorter legs, I believe?

 

[Kildare49]

I have done pullets & cockerels. I have not noticed taste difference. Typically I do all cockerels. There are years when the demand is high for cockerels..and you wait or go with pullets.

 

[Apow]

Thanks. I appreciate any and all tips. I do remember Jim saying that now

 

[EggheadWI]

While I do agree with you almost completely, the AI outbreak is not just infecting the large factory farms. In that article I posted, they specifically mentioned the 3 confirmed infected sites in WI. One of them was a backyard flock. In Wisconsin, Governor Scott Walker on Monday declared a state of emergency after three poultry flocks became infected in the past week, according to his office. The infected birds, more than 326,000 in all, were chickens at an egg-laying facility, turkeys and a backyard flock of mixed-breed birds. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3047743/Wisconsin-declares-state-emergency-bird-flu-poultry.html#ixzz3Y0306qSB Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook I too recommend not panicking, but also to be extra observant of our birds and overly cautious with everything and everyone that may come into contact with our flocks. An ounce of prevention....... I heard that too a while ago cs. I think they were stressing waterfowl as carriers of the disease but I am not sure if they are susceptible to infection or just hosts to it, or if it was even credible information. They might not want to point to a specific species as being the cause for fear of people going out and killing them all? Or maybe they just do not know. There are an awful lot of different wild birds out there. Seeing as they do not know how the disease is entering barns, I would "assume" it was from small birds. IMHO

I *think* those barns have such controlled environments that small birds would not get in. But all it would take is some feces from an infected bird. Strongly agree that once public $$ is involved producers shouldn't get to keep secrets. True, there was a backyard flock that tested positive. But that was a mixed flock and did have turkeys ...turkeys are much more susceptible than chickens, gotta wonder if it was the turkeys/chickens/others who got sick. I wish we had a lot more information.