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Too close! I was hoping we would have at least a few more weeks. Geese in Virginia Beach a few weeks ago. I wish they said what part of the city - they aren't on the USDA list. https://vpm.org/news/articles/36081/bird-flu-keeps-spreading-in-virginia-killing-geese-in-hampton-roads

We haven't had any cases since the beginning of February. I kept my flock confined to the run through February and most of March, but we let them free range now. We also never have waterfowl on our property and we have already had temperatures in the 80s this month.

We each keep a can of lysol in the car and spray our shoes and the floor before leaving our last stop so it has time to kill anything on the drive home. Never thought I would be looking forward to the 100+ degree days of summer.

I assume that would be classified as a private sale. I haven't seen anything regulating private or retail sales. This is how I interpreted the ban. Needless to say, I will not be attending the large swap near me next weekend😞. We are just over the border from NC so I'm sure it will be even...

It may depend upon the state and how separated the flocks are. The flocks in the video really weren't separated very far apart and he had so many that I imagine it would have been only a short amount of time before they all became infected.

On a positive note, this study https://www.researchgate.net/publication/50867636_Virulence_of_H5N1_influenza_virus_in_cattle_egrets_Bubulcus_IBIS seems to have found that not all types of wild birds are capable of infecting chickens. " In this study, six Cattle Egrets were experimentally...

I posted this back on page 21. The article is from 2013 and found that the virus survival time in feces is temperature dependent.

Thanks for the reminder of river basins! I was thinking that in spite of living down the street from a migratory bird sanctuary, my flock was at little risk due to keeping them contained and the complete lack of waterfowl on any of the properties on our street. Apparently ducks and geese...

Does anyone know how NC came up with the recommendation to keep birds in for a month? I found an article concerning the survivability of H5N1 in poultry feces at different temperatures. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3784916/ They found that at 4C (39.2F) the virus survived for up...

Thanks for the link. Apparently there was a case found in my city last week - thanks for not saying anything VA😒. It looks like VA, currently, only has guidelines for hunters. https://dwr.virginia.gov/wildlife/diseases/avian-influenza/ I guess it is a good thing we have been keeping our...