A farmer who was forced to cull 10,000 turkeys after an outbreak of bird flu has warned of shortages this Christmas. Steve Childerhouse, 51, said families may struggle to get hold of turkeys and geese after producers had been “absolutely hammered” by the UK’s worst-ever outbreak of avian flu.
Steve, who rears birds on his 35-acre farm in Norfolk, said the usual stock levels are “just not going to be there” this winter, with stock levels next winter also at risk. He said: “We are a traditional fresh farm, but even the big people are getting absolutely hammered by this.
“It’s affecting the whole industry. We supply a lot of butchers and farm shops, and we’ve told them we haven’t got any.
