I heard a rumor a couple of weeks ago that UT Martin had published a study that established a link between the spread of chicken litter and infertility in hen turkeys. The research was done in Southern TN. You gotta be a biologist to read such studies, but I thought I had a way to get to read it. Instead, I was told recently that they pulled the study due to pressure from the poultry industry.

I wouldn't expect any of the biologists that work for a state agency to be able to comment on this, but do we have any private sector guys that can talk about it?

I'm starting to think I might oughta drop this if I wanta live to see another turkey season.

Conspiracy I say

Wouldn't surprise me either PCP. Alfa and poultry industry is the devil. I heard of the study too but can't get my hands on it.

I heard tell of this mysterious study. I would have liked to have seen it.

I can think of at least one organization that should not only get their hands on it, but also write an article about it in one of these magazines that keep showing up at my door. Now why wouldn't that happen???

No doubt. I heard every copy was destroyed and every researcher connected to the project mysteriously disappeared. The last known researcher called 911 in the middle of the night and said someone was in his house and he smelled chicken shat on his boots. Guy was gone when the cops arrived.

Looks like it's all over, but there is a rumor of a last copy on a thumb drive and it's location is the subject of a big hunt. I think they suspect that 257 has it, but they are afraid to move in because he is under Monsanto protection. Not even the Chicken Mafia messes with Monsanto.

OK, this part is made up. I shouldn't watch 24 before bedtime.

But I'm pretty sure the study happened, and now it's gone.

That's great.

Steve, how long you gonna be on these pain meds? This could get good.

Guess what???

If it was government funded there should be a record of it somewhere. You may need an army of lawyers and more time than we all have left on this earth to file and see to completion a FOIA request though.

Hmmm, again - what organization should the turkey hunting community be able to trust to make this happen? Or is that group just all talk. I mean I've read their magazines, their missions, and their slogans over the years.

Study is not complete. No official results have been released. I'm staying on top of it.

Thanks to you and Nighthunter for commenting on it.

We need another banquet! That will solve everything!

NRCS chicken litter and turkeys

Seems like NRCS has been aware of the potential disease transfer for awhile. Please see Top of page 6

Killing truckloads of hens in the fall couldn't have helped S Tn either. It tore me up to see folks bragging about all those poor truckloads of hens they killed. Just no sense in that.

Chicken industry has a lot of power. And a lot of poop too

Speaking of poop, how did the winchester thing end up BGD?

I know several thousand acres that had HUGE fall numbers that never got touched in the fall, those birds dissapeared in a years time. I know fall hunting didn't help, but it sure didn't cause it