Travlr
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Kind of surprised that no one has mentioned the trays of chemicals in front of every door to a chicken house and how everyone walks through that liquid in rubber boots going in and out.
Give it time, it's a confinement/feedlot issue. I was fixing a silo unloader at a dairy one time, after dark in the winter. Never felt so filthy in my life. Countless birds under the roof, the drops were constant, like being in a rainforest. And they fly to a flashlight. Typically until this, would climb silo with a flashlight in my teeth. Disconcerting to get hit in the face while climbing in the dark.I was wondering about why dairy has been a locus for the bird flu and not beef. I wonder if beef feedlots have more problems, come to think of it.
In this area, there aren't the trays of chemicals... anyone entering a poultry house has to don NEW plastic boots that completely cover the footwear of someone going in... they have to be disposed of as the person comes out of the house. Some places also require changing of coveralls/etc.... In the warmer weather, some will even require that the person use a long handled brush to "wash down" their footwear also... and this was before this latest outbreak.Kind of surprised that no one has mentioned the trays of chemicals in front of every door to a chicken house and how everyone walks through that liquid in rubber boots going in and out.