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<blockquote data-quote="Bez&amp;gt;" data-source="post: 361979" data-attributes="member: 6007"><p>We do not use litter - but wife ships 30,000 birds a week to the processor - so here is what happens to the litter she gets rid of.</p><p></p><p>The local farmer takes this litter (for free) and stockpiles it - letting it compost for maximum effect - then WORKS it into the ground - for corn and bean crops.</p><p></p><p>I personally would never place it on the pastures because there is too much chance to ingest the litter while grazing.</p><p></p><p>2 important things about litter.</p><p></p><p>1. Good operators pick up the deads every day - but in a large operation some are inevitably missed. This can create a situation where the cow can ingest portions of dead birds, ie - feathers, small pieces of internal organs, blood or actual meat.</p><p></p><p>2. Chicken feed and turkey feed can and usually do carry animal by-products. It is inevitable that this if placed on pasture will be ingested by the cow.</p><p></p><p>Both of the above in my opinion violate the law and the spirit of the law of not providing animal by products to cattle feed.</p><p></p><p>Want to put it in the ground as fertilizer? I have no problem with that - the N from this manure will help lower fertilizer costs and in fact helps the ground in my opinion because of the other ingredients ie: straw.</p><p></p><p>Anyone who places litter on pasture is contributing to the potential of BSE in my opinion. I would NEVER buy those animals and I would NEVER knowingly eat those animal.</p><p></p><p>I would NEVER sell those animals to a client and I KNOW that if my clients knew about this they would leave me in a heart beat.</p><p></p><p>For that matter I would never do this so I would never have to think about it.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion litter on pastures should be outlawed as an illegal method of fertilizing - close as d@mn is to swearing to feeding litter straight to the cow.</p><p></p><p>In fact to do this in Canada would land the entire herd in lock up.</p><p></p><p>JMO</p><p></p><p>Bez></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bez>, post: 361979, member: 6007"] We do not use litter - but wife ships 30,000 birds a week to the processor - so here is what happens to the litter she gets rid of. The local farmer takes this litter (for free) and stockpiles it - letting it compost for maximum effect - then WORKS it into the ground - for corn and bean crops. I personally would never place it on the pastures because there is too much chance to ingest the litter while grazing. 2 important things about litter. 1. Good operators pick up the deads every day - but in a large operation some are inevitably missed. This can create a situation where the cow can ingest portions of dead birds, ie - feathers, small pieces of internal organs, blood or actual meat. 2. Chicken feed and turkey feed can and usually do carry animal by-products. It is inevitable that this if placed on pasture will be ingested by the cow. Both of the above in my opinion violate the law and the spirit of the law of not providing animal by products to cattle feed. Want to put it in the ground as fertilizer? I have no problem with that - the N from this manure will help lower fertilizer costs and in fact helps the ground in my opinion because of the other ingredients ie: straw. Anyone who places litter on pasture is contributing to the potential of BSE in my opinion. I would NEVER buy those animals and I would NEVER knowingly eat those animal. I would NEVER sell those animals to a client and I KNOW that if my clients knew about this they would leave me in a heart beat. For that matter I would never do this so I would never have to think about it. In my opinion litter on pastures should be outlawed as an illegal method of fertilizing - close as d@mn is to swearing to feeding litter straight to the cow. In fact to do this in Canada would land the entire herd in lock up. JMO Bez> [/QUOTE]
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