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Bad Eggs

mel1 · 2012-11-23 17:48:41

HI, I have 3 free range chickens who i keep for their eggs, they lay on average 2 eggs between everyday, I have a light on them for the winter, anyway, Yesterday i went out and found one of them eating away at a dead rat which my cat must have left for me. Disgusting creatures, anyway i am aware rats carry a multitued of…

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mel1

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HI, I have 3 free range chickens who i keep for their eggs, they lay on average 2 eggs between everyday, I have a light on them for the winter, anyway,

Yesterday i went out and found one of them eating away at a dead rat which my cat must have left for me. Disgusting creatures, anyway i am aware rats carry a multitued of diseases so would that transfer to the eggs?

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#2 23-11-2012 7:04pm
The Hill Billy

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This is the Food & Drink forum, not the Rat Disease forum.

Try Farming & Forestry.

tHB

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