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bird flu hits bernard mathews turkeys...what do you think?

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  • TKP_3
    TKP_3 Posts: 522 Forumite
    wayne wrote:
    wow bernard mathews uses real turkeys.

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    Save the earth, it's the only planet with chocolate! :)
  • competitionscafe
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    "The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
    best of everything; they just make the best
    of everything that comes along their way."
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  • lil_me
    lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
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    :rotfl: I wondered how long it would be before these things started going round again, expecting several joke texts and emails by Monday :rolleyes:
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    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
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  • COOLTRIKERCHICK
    COOLTRIKERCHICK Posts: 10,510 Forumite
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    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    i just nearly peed my pants......:rotfl: :rotfl:
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  • tr3mor
    tr3mor Posts: 2,325 Forumite
    earwig wrote:
    thats what they said about bse

    I ate beef then, I'm still standing.

    Honestly, there's more risk crossing the road. I presume you do that fairly often!
  • competitionscafe
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    dannahaz wrote:
    160 THOUSAND turkeys. My god, how can you have 160,000 turkeys on one farm. And 3000 in one shed. I knew how awful turkey conditions could be (we refuse to eat the bird because of it), but that number is just mind blowing. Evemn bringing it down to, say, 3000 turkeys in one shed is inconceivable. I mean, we're talking about TURKEYS. Not sparrows.


    "Bernard Matthews is responsible for farming eight million turkeys every year in the UK and they are reared on 57 farms throughout Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Suffolk, where the outbreak was discovered."
    http://sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1168538.0.0.php
    "The happiest of people don't necessarily have the
    best of everything; they just make the best
    of everything that comes along their way."
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  • MrsTinks
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    Well I'll carry on eating turkey and chicken thanks all the same :) I'll take the risk with the freerange poultry from round here (our butcher uses local suppliers). Frankly if anything is likely to kill me it'll probably not be bird flu :)
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  • TKP_3
    TKP_3 Posts: 522 Forumite
    I also buy (all meat) from my butcher, and he only buys free range, so I am not worried.
    btw love the jokes :rotfl:
    Save the earth, it's the only planet with chocolate! :)
  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
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    I dont eat any processed meat whatsoever ( unless youj could chorizo ;) ) and would never buy an sort of burgers, drummers etc. Wrong in every sense. I do buy a fair amount of turkey though, I wonder whether BM has the monopoly on supermarket turkey, even the "free range"?

    Will bne looking out for the yellow stickers.

    I was wondering about bird flu, I thought the whole issue had collapsed, alas no.

    I can see the cost of all meat & fish rising if it becomes more widespread? Shortages etc? Could the price of eggs go up as well :confused:
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • Edinburghlass_2
    Edinburghlass_2 Posts: 32,680 Forumite
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    Spare a thought for the poor vets who worked through the night killing all the turkeys.
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