Egg recall - there's gold in them thar hen houses!

[Mackay]

Katie Curic reported that MRSA tests were done on mass produced cattle farms in Iowa and Illinois by the Universtiy. All farms tested that used antibiotics had MRSA found, even in employees.

Farms that were tested that did not use antibiotics all tested neg. for MRSA.

That could be an indication.... but salmonella is not an antibiotic created disease...it has been around for a very long time and who can say for sure just where it lingers. You could pick it up in any grocery store.

I guess If I had chickens I would get them tested. Once you know your flock is clean you can advertise it and hang your lab report on the wall. Then do your own breeding to prevent infection coming from outside the flock.

Salmonella is very contageous with medicore hygiene.

 

[Dace]

I just heard on the news that the outbreak has been expanded to 14 states and more than one eggery.

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

my prices just went up to $30 a dozen!

and i aint sellin' to anybody who gave me the business about how "there is no way they are eating eggs that one of my chickens pooped out its bottom" and they would only eat good factory eggs

* snickers quietly while making a barely cooked egg custard *

 

[freemotion]

my prices just went up to $30 a dozen!

and i aint sellin' to anybody who gave me the business about how "there is no way they are eating eggs that one of my chickens pooped out its bottom" and they would only eat good factory eggs

* snickers quietly while making a barely cooked egg custard *

*guffaws loudly and very unlady-like-ly while drinking a shake made with raw eggs pooped from my hen's butts!*

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

my prices just went up to $30 a dozen!

and i aint sellin' to anybody who gave me the business about how "there is no way they are eating eggs that one of my chickens pooped out its bottom" and they would only eat good factory eggs

* snickers quietly while making a barely cooked egg custard *

*guffaws loudly and very unlady-like-ly while drinking a shake made with raw eggs pooped from my hen's butts!*

thats why i love ya, baby.... *spills custard on keyboard* oops!

 

[Dace]

Now they say the only way to know if your eggs are free from salmonella is to look for the stamp that says they are pasturized

 

[ORChick]

Well darn! My girls are so old fashioned that they don't have a stamp! Where would I find these modern hens with a built in stamp? And can I get one with a date stamp too, or only "pastuerized"?

 

[freemotion]

My roosters stamp my hens daily...or more...does that count?

 

[ohiofarmgirl]

and here i am out there with a sharpie trying to write

"pasture-ized" to show they was raised on pasture.......

stamp? why didnt i think of that.....

 

[Wildsky]

and here i am out there with a sharpie trying to write

"pasture-ized" to show they was raised on pasture.......

stamp? why didnt i think of that.....

How about "Pasture-wise"