4 ms·
As a homesteaders, very frightened by this. Many farmers I know gladly feed their poultry raw chicken scraps, eggs, etc. It takes one sick animal to lose dozens
by debacle 2y ago
As a homesteaders, very frightened by this. Many farmers I know gladly feed their poultry raw chicken scraps, eggs, etc. It takes one sick animal to lose dozens.
- ternnoburn 2y agoFeeding animals their own species is a recipe for disease outbreaks. I'm astonished every time I hear about it.
- madaxe_again 2y agoIt’s like they never heard of scrapie, kuru, or vCJD - or they just figure it can’t happen here.
- ainiriand 2y agoYeah, I think at this point it is safer to just skip meat entirely or only eating meat from known sources.
- bagels 2y agoI won't feed my backyard chickens any poultry products, cooked canned or otherwise. No sense in exposing them to the same species diseases and prions.
- lalalali 2y agoI'm curious about your economy as a homesteader, what do you produce for yourself or trade? how does your days/seasons look like? Do you see your days are easy chores or hard chores (no pun intended)? What's your long term todo list ? Regarding your fear, is it because the farmers you know lives close to your own poultry ?