Blue Tongue

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:01 am

Welcome aboard welshdexterboy, nice to have someone new on the forum. I only joined about a year ago and have learned from here more than anywhere.

We're now in BT zone as well. Loads of gnats around last night even though we're on top of a big hill.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:44 am

We've had our first decent frost last night. Lets hope for a lot more.

Colin

Saffy · Post by **Saffy** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:53 am

There was nice WHITE frost here too. I have NEVER been SOoooo pleased :D :D :D to see it!!!

Stephanie

happy hollidays · Post by **happy hollidays** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:53 pm

We have had two white mornings now, but the flying army is about when the sunshine appears. With all these new cases of BT are they still culling the animals as a precaution? I simply cannot understand why they have set up these zones and regulations as there is no way to stop mossy movement. With FMD I kept my fingers crossed and felt fairly at ease, but with BT I feel that it is only a matter of time before its at my doorstep so to speak.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:04 am

I believe only the first 5 animals were culled, not the rest as BT does not spread from animal to animal.

Colin

happy hollidays · Post by **happy hollidays** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:47 am

Now I am nervous. BT has been discovered in Ide Hill, which is just a few miles down the hill from us.

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:59 am

We're also on the deg of but within a dirty zone. I had to cancel a full load going to the abattoir who said if I'd gone my trailer wuld have been confiscated, because the abattoir is not in a dirty zone.

They also said that I could take the trailer to a red market in my dirty zone, DEFRA reps wold clean my trailer, reload the trailer and then I could go to the same abattoir!!!!!!! But I ddn't.

Midges are going up the A19...they must have satnav.

ann · Post by **ann** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:09 pm

Lets hope they don't fancy a trip on the moors railway line and stay the other side of the A19, sorry Penny, we are still o.k at this moment in time. My query is however has anyone used the Garlic Mineral licks this year, originally they where marketed to help keep the flies away, and my local suppleir didn't stock them, however when I called today they had some in. Although we have had some mild weather here latley, fortunetly I haven't seen any midges and our area is still in the clear, so far, but at the end of the day it would probably be much better if they just declared all of england at risk and stopped making life so difficult for so many people.

JMHO Ann:(

redhill · Post by **redhill** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:58 am

Not really about bluetongue, but has anyone else noticed that Debby Reynolds seems to have disappeared,any ideas just for a little light relief in these frought times. Sue