Avian flu Protection Measures in force.

[Kidds]

When are they coming to house the pigeons devouring my mustard?

Seriously though, it is all well and good telling folk to put their backyard hens in a shed but there's millions of birds out there wandering and flying all over the place. Wild and released.
Next door are trying their best to shoot the pheasants but they aren't doing a good job of it so far.
I will go along with it all as best I can but it really is quite literally peeing in the wind isn't it.

 

[jade35]

Daniel, they played part of your interview on Radio Cornwall this morning, as said above, very good interview.

 

[Pasty]

Bit of a nightmare but I guess something we need to plan for. I'm still struggling to understand what's acceptable. All my birds are outside, now in pens made from Heras panels. I could net them on top fairly easily and was going to anyway to stop crows nicking eggs. Is that enough? Obviously can sort the feeder and drinker bit too. It's not all going to happen today and I've already seen some nosy git eyeing up the hens that are in the field. I am certainly not keeping them in their houses for a month, they would all be dead by the end of it. Really not what I needed this week.

 

[Daniel]

Apparently I was on radio 1 and 2, they all just steal each other's interviews and cut them up.

I've just been interviewed for itv news at 6 and I wore my shabby TFF bodywarmer, to look like an authentic farmer, what do I win?

 

[llamedos]

Really not what I needed this week.

Dont suppose it is what our major poultry men and women want either, but I know how I would feel if one of my birds caught H5N8 from a wild bird, and because of this a proper exclusion zone and contiguous cull was ordered around me.

It is marching across Europe and beyond at a heck of a rate, if/when it reaches here it will be because of migratory birds.

Not worth the risk.

 

[bobk]

Apparently I was on radio 1 and 2, they all just steal each other's interviews and cut them up.

I've just been interviewed for itv news at 6 and I wore my shabby TFF bodywarmer, to look like an authentic farmer, what do I win?

Did they pay for your knowledge ?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Have put my flock of 4 ducks in the machinery shed -

Easy for me, I feel for you others must be the worst time of year for it?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Apparently I was on radio 1 and 2, they all just steal each other's interviews and cut them up.

I've just been interviewed for itv news at 6 and I wore my shabby TFF bodywarmer, to look like an authentic farmer, what do I win?

A TFF badge?

 

[Woolgatherer]

I heard about it this morning but the radio programme I heard said it was just England. Then later in the morning, when it was daylight and the hens were out, they said it would be Scotland too. I don't have a hope of catching mine once they're out so we'll have to start the confinement tomorrow.

 

[Pasty]

Dont suppose it is what our major poultry men and women want either, but I know how I would feel if one of my birds caught H5N8 from a wild bird, and because of this a proper exclusion zone and contiguous cull was ordered around me.

It is marching across Europe and beyond at a heck of a rate, if/when it reaches here it will be because of migratory birds.

Not worth the risk.

It's not that I'm not taking it seriously at all. I've had a bad week for other reasons and have spent all morning dealing with undertakers when I should be getting birds in. I'm thinking I'm just going to have to blitz my big barn, fill it with straw and put them all in there. It's completely full of crap at the moment.

 

[llamedos]

I heard about it this morning but the radio programme I heard said it was just England. Then later in the morning, when it was daylight and the hens were out, they said it would be Scotland too. I don't have a hope of catching mine once they're out so we'll have to start the confinement tomorrow.

Yes, there was a little confusion with the devolved governments stance, but Scot Gov confirmed with the announcement I posted earlier, I asked this be put out to the various press associations.

 

[Wheatonrotty]

Shame it wasn't a couple of weeks later there would be a lot less turkeys and geese to worry about.
Why hasn't there been calls for people to stop feeding garden birds at bird tables, they must be anice excellent aye for any disease to spread.

 

[Daniel]

Have put my flock of 4 ducks in the machinery shed -
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Easy for me, I feel for you others must be the worst time of year for it?

All joking aside its a big headache for a lot of producers, and were anyone to have an outbreak it would be a nightmare. Shutting them in doesn't give you any guarantees but you are doing what you can by reducing contact with migratory birds.

It's never ideal shutting birds in that are used to going outside because it's a change in routine but actually from a commercial shed point of view its easier keeping them in at this time of year because the ventilation system can regulate the temperature a lot better with cold air coming in the inlets than it can with hot summer air.

 

[Dry Rot]

This from The Scotsman...

http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-poultry-farmers-warned-over-deadly-bird-flu-strain-1-4310616

"In January, about 40,000 birds were culled at a farm near Dunfermline, Fife, after a case of H5N1 avian influenza was identified among chickens".

I don't recall hearing anything about this but presumable the current H5N8 strain is a lot more infectious?

 

[Woolgatherer]

I've spent all afternoon making a big run for my lot (day off today!) and that's them in the hen house. They will not be impressed when they get up and see the fence! Just hoping I've got them all - I dragged 2 out of the bushes!

 

[Dealer]

that's a

Have put my flock of 4 ducks in the machinery shed -
View attachment 436764

Easy for me, I feel for you others must be the worst time of year for it?

Poor attempt what's wrong with the caravan in the background for them even put the heating on..

 

[Daniel]

I can't see how to embed an ITV hub video here but i'm at 50 seconds in and despite the seriousness of the topic, if that TFF promotion doesn't get me a couple more mugs I don't know what will?! @Clive @Sleepy

http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2016-12-07/bird-flu-farmers-told-to-keep-poultry-indoors/

Blink and you'll miss it.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

that's a


Poor attempt what's wrong with the caravan in the background for them even put the heating on..

They do tend to s*** all over, so the missus wouldn't be too happy if they went in there.

 

[marcot]

I can't see how to embed an ITV hub video here but i'm at 50 seconds in and despite the seriousness of the topic, if that TFF promotion doesn't get me a couple more mugs I don't know what will?! @Clive @Sleepy

http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2016-12-07/bird-flu-farmers-told-to-keep-poultry-indoors/

Blink and you'll miss it.

Love the gates ....I would spend all day just driving back and forth through them [emoji2]
Oh and do you do autographs?

 

[HBush]

Bit of a nightmare but I guess something we need to plan for. I'm still struggling to understand what's acceptable. All my birds are outside, now in pens made from Heras panels. I could net them on top fairly easily and was going to anyway to stop crows nicking eggs. Is that enough? Obviously can sort the feeder and drinker bit too. It's not all going to happen today and I've already seen some nosy git eyeing up the hens that are in the field. I am certainly not keeping them in their houses for a month, they would all be dead by the end of it. Really not what I needed this week.

You are sooo right. I have had to do this before. My young Welsummer pullets developed the egg eating habit from being crowded together (stress) and wrong type pf housing. They never got over it.