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John Thomson
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:29 pm    Post subject: Bird Flu Reply with quote

As most of you know I feed raw.....including chicken.......so watching with interest what will happen with bird flu..........my first thoughts are that wild birds could be more of a problem than human grade poultry?
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the problem with poultry is that the conditions they are usually kept in are quite cramped and often contain thousands of birds so it would spread very very quickly compared to birds in the wild. a scary thought!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

very scary ......................... we're having quorn for dinner tomorrow (but don't tell John!) Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The infected birds so far are the ones that are kept outside............so called free range.....
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

im a veggie marcella, have been for 12 years, times like this im sure ive made right decision! quorn is lovely, and low in fat so great all round!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They say that eating infected poultry would not be harmfullto us (or my boys) yeah right - call me cynical
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Our chickens seem to be alright, next year think we will get more for us and the dogs not just us Very Happy

Though it is worrying when you keep birds, poultry and parrots, our chickens are inside at the moment, have been for about 6 wks so hopefully they will be fine but i worry now about pulling grass for them, they love it but what if a wild bird has it, and infects my grass, not sure if it can carry that way or its just airbourne Confused
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it's an airbound virus so you'd only catch it if you were living in the chicken coop.

I certainly won't stop eating chicken or turkey or giving the dog some, plus cooking it kills off the germs (not feasible on a RAW diet I know).
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You could get a gamma ray steriliser Cool Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The bird flu stories really worry me.... my imagination just runs wild... so I try not to think about it to be honest.

I eat chicken all the time, and don't know where I stand on my decisions on that at the moment.

Having steak tonight though... so.... Laughing
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