Real-Life Decision Making -- Solution
You pay to have a specialist come in.
This is the real-life decision made by poultry farmer Paul
Karges. He says a poultry farmer needs to act quickly if an unusual situation
comes up.
"There tends to be a mushrooming effect, depending on what it is," he says.
If the problem is ignored, the chickens might die in the barn or get rejected
once they're shipped to the processing plant.
Before calling a specialist in, a poultry farmer will check many different
things. After all, it's expensive to call one in every time you're
unsure of something.
The farmer will check things such as whether the problem resembles a past
situation, whether water consumption has dropped, and whether the birds have
breathing problems. Intuition also plays a part.
"Sometimes you say, I can logically explain this away, but, darn it, I
just don't feel right about this flock," Karges says. "That's intuition,
and you act on it."