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4th December 2021, 10:23 AM
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bird flu
A free range egg farm is a mile or so outside the village ......the owners are fine folk most likeable and always ready for the craic.......sadly they have just had to put down 16000 thousand chickens this week as the bird flu is spreading again this year ....this is a truly sad tale ......it is believed the chickens get infected by birds coming south to our warmer climes for winter .....what with covid ...winter flu......the new variant .....now the bird flu .....i have just stated the only thing i will not be in line for is a .....sexually transmitted disease for xmas....lol cappy R683532<img src="https://www.merchant-navy.net/forum/images/smilies/rolleyes.png" border="0" alt="" title="Roll Eyes (Sarcastic)" smilieid="7" class="inlineimg">
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4th December 2021, 10:41 AM
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Re: bird flu
Heck! That's a HUGE amount of 'Clucks' to be put down.
Think we better watch out as well for Swine Flu...Swine Flu (2).jpg
And to think I used to worry about my little friend 'Norman' when it started bending to one side.
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4th December 2021, 11:45 AM
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Re: bird flu
My brother's wife's family were hill farmers and some years ago turned most of the farm to free range eggs production for one of the major super market chains. Annually they full the chickens ( hens) for chicken sales, replacing them with new birds,
Rgds
J.A.
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4th December 2021, 11:54 AM
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Re: bird flu
#2 swine flu , used to be known as swine fever when I was a kid. The medical term for being Pig sick. JS
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7th December 2021, 12:37 AM
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Re: bird flu
Swine fever and Swine flu, two different things.
Swine fever is similar to foot and mouth in cattle.
Swine flu is a more recent complaint.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
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7th December 2021, 05:44 AM
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Re: bird flu
Hi Graham.
I wish you hadn't, now if there is talk about swine flue I wont sleep, I'll have to keep lifting the bed clothes.
Des
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7th December 2021, 07:58 AM
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Re: bird flu
Similar going on this way re: the birds etc.
Gone off the idea of Turkey for Crimbo,
may just do curry with all the trimmings.
K.
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Last edited by Keith at Tregenna; 7th December 2021 at 08:07 AM.
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8th December 2021, 05:14 AM
#8
Re: bird flu
Originally Posted by
Des Taff Jenkins
Hi Graham.
I wish you hadn't, now if there is talk about swine flue I wont sleep, I'll have to keep lifting the bed clothes.
Des
Des, stop eating beans before you go to bed, might keep the sheets down.
Happy daze John in Oz.
Life is too short to blend in.
John Strange R737787
World Traveller
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