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Scottish chicken industry, Self-diagnosis, Career changes

More Scottish independent chicken producers lose contracts, and British vets urge farmers not to diagnose illness in their livestock using the internet. With Charlotte Smith.

Scottish chicken producers warn of a crisis in the industry as more farmers lose contracts with the country's main processor. NFU Scotland says there's nowhere else to sell their chickens unless there's more investment from the Government in new processing plants.

The British Veterinary Association is urging farmers not to diagnose problems with their livestock using the internet, saying it can cost more in the long-run than calling the vet.

And we meet a former RAF dog handler who's changed career and now works for a Dutch seed handling company - just how to you get into farming if you're not born to it?

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