Suffolk shooter Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 They have reported that another farm at Botesdale 2-3 kms south of the original farm is to have the birds culled. They did however say that they haven't yet seen any birds dying on the other farms that are involved and it seems it may just be a precaution. This is seriously getting closer to FB111's shoot, fingers crossed it doesn't impact on his next shoot day This really is the last thing that anybody needs regardless of size of shoot, or indeed any of the local poultry breeders/rearers need. There is a game farm just down the road, that my Brother-in-law used to work on and bet they are preparing themselves for the worst should this be an ongoing problem. Lot of money stood to be lost by all concerned. SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 What they are doing is precautionary culling, so any farms the staff / machinery etc have been on will have their birds culled in the hope that by culling any birds that could possibly have been infected they will stop the disease. Fingers crossed it doesn't affect shooting but obviously this is the strain that has been passed onto humans so best to take sensible precautions when dealing with game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 So far Defra are saying that there isnt legislation down to stop shooting, but city folk are writing some up now i think, or a statement about it. Very close to my shoot, but it will still be happening unless they write up this legislation to stop me. Not so bad for me, only putting down 160 birds, i feel more so for those larger shoots where 1000's are paid to shoot game, going to hit everyone hard. Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Shades of foot and mouth, kill everything within a certain radius and hope it goes away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 If that was the case they would just kill the one flock and hope it goes away. This is the only way as with foot and mouth they are being pro active rather than waiting for signs to show they are killing everything that has a good chance of being infected. Hopefully this will contain it as a wide outbreak I would imagine would stop a lot of shooting as well as causing yet more hardship to farmers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 No offence intended but in the foot and mouth crisis the fools that attempt to run this country did not just slaughter infected herds, they sanctioned the wholesale slaughter of tens of thousands of animals. It was in the wider interest of farming apparently, pro active my ****. Take your brand of pro activity to farmers whose lives were ruined by an inept government and see how much change you get out of a fiver. Then pump that change into supporting farmers rather than hoping it wont impact on peoples shooting. Can you shoot without farmers ? Tell me where and i will be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 The policy of trying to create a "fire break" by killing seemingly healthy creatures, is very questionable, as it was in the Foot and Mouth outbreaks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck catcher Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 as a former employe of the company as from today i can tell you that there was about 30 dead birds found at botesdale do not know what the out come of the test were but they were not taking any chances.i am in no dout that it is going to get worse before it gets better only yesterday i had modules that we put the birds in for transport turn up on a farm that had not been properly washed down and even today i found to ducks feet in a mod that was surposed to have been cleaned it is no wonder these things spread when people are doing sloppy work i have even seen what are meant to be foot dips outside sheds with nothing in them .even if companys do tighten up on measures to stop the spread as soon as the all claer is given they go back to there old ways and this is half the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted November 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 And thats inside information, its disgusting to think it happens, but I have seen it myself first hand at the local poultry factory as well as at the site of the last outbreak earlier this year. DC, Having been on more than few game farms, poultry factories etc. I am right in saying that it is a common occurance for birds to die and not necessarily due to illness, but due to starvation, temperature, bullying by other birds etc. I suppose due to the close proximity of this farm to the confirmed outbreak no risk can be taken. SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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