Gordon Ramsey - yes I would too, but did you hear him say...

[Mum2girls]

that there will be no free range birds at all by Xmas as they're all being kept indoor because of the risk of avian flu???

(if they're indoors, de facto can't be classed as free-range)

Yep, I sure did.

My sister's built a chicken run for hers, to protect them from contact w/wild birds, and they had a small barn to begin w/to protect them, the rabbits and her goat from coyotes at night. But she still allows the hens to roam her 'garden' - it's 1.5 acres - freely when she's out working in her veg and flowers - which is fairly often as they live in a warm climate.

I am amazed at this - the vet also said that it would be a miracle if we get to xmas without the disease hitting our shores.

Was never concerned till tonight.

Could always shoot a pigeon?

There's still no danger to the public from eating poultry that is properly cooked.

yes, but can you contract anything from a dead bird, if for instance you prepared it for cooking with a small scratch on your hand (or am I thinking about this too much?)

Lav will be alright then .

LGJ

The virus is quite delicate. Only about 100 people have contracted it, and that's among MILLIONS who have been living side by side w/live poultry - and their waste products.

Think the risk is still very, very small.

Buy your free range poultry now and freeze it.