Oh heck dizzy1pig, I hadn't thought about the effect that the lime might have on the fruit trees. Have had enough problems with leaf curl and rabbits eating the bark without me killing them off with lime
. Will have to red into that.
When did life get sooo complicated
i spoke to a local man today who breeds poultry and sells to the public. He sells vaccinated hybrids and also sometimes has some vaccinated pure bred hens, he has some legbars that are vaccinated at the moment.
He has advised me to wait it out....until the deaths stop. if i have any left he reckons I do not need to cull them, just disinfect with virkon, buy in new vaccinated stock, keep them separate from the old ones for a few months, just so that if anything is remaining in the ground or coops then they only get mild exposure and then look to introduce them all together after a few months.
Not sure if its a fail proof plan, but it sounds like a good plan.
I gave the hens some probiotic yogurt today as have read it helps with diarrhea, I got two eggs from them today, but one of them has a pale comb so I don't think the deaths are over yet.
The Coxoid I ordered arrived today, and can't decide whether to treat them with it or not. Doubt it could do any harm.?
Sorry for waffling.
Steph xx