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Did you report your findings? It's very likely all around us, but the state relies on people seeing possibly infected birds and letting them know about them.

I do hope an AI vaccine can be put into place for the large commercial operations, neutralizing some of the threat to the large-scale poultry production brought on by these outbreaks. They will never develop immunity, but hopefully, backyard flocks would have that possibility once the overall...

You're right - I think it is difficult to know what the outcome will be sometimes. We all just have to make the best decisions we can as we are able to. :hugs

This popped up in my facebook group. First human case in the US so far and, same as the duck guy in the UK that got it, almost no symptoms, just some fatigue. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/highly-contagious-bird-flu-detected-person-first-time-us-health-offici-rcna26581

I'm so sorry! Our family has had some horrible vaccine reactions, but we have been fortunate that none were lost.

We're just about to the same point.

Love it! ❤️

Ha! My TSC had gallons of that cleaner for $2 a week or so ago. It's strong, but good stuff.

Well, we lost two birds Friday and Saturday. One of them was one of my first 6 chickens, the other a feisty young jerk of a cockerel. I can count on one hand the other unexplained losses we've had since we got our first birds. They had no blue marks or signs of anything wrong on them and I...

My birds used to love grass clipping day too. I've been told mowed grass can contribute to compacted crops sadly so we've quit giving it to them. Good thinking that it could also contain wild bird droppings. I'm contemplating sprouting some oat trays since they're locked up and the space they...

Also a good idea to join Farm To Consumer Legal Defense Fund. They help defend and advise in situations like this. https://www.farmtoconsumer.org/

Yes, that link says: “This is not, for say, pet stores, or that type of thing. We’re talking about open sales, auctions, swaps, poultry shows. Those types of things where we have a large group of people that are coming together with maybe a mixed group of birds.” Mike Martin, State Veterinarian

It's not the infection rate that concerns me as much as the mortality rate. Direct from those who have had it, it's high pathogenic aka highly symptomatic leading to near-certain death.

Very true.... although, I do wonder about Iowa's much higher number of cases and if there is any correlation with the fact that they're upping the AI testing there to every 30 days or something in comparison with Ohio where testing has been suspended in order to avoid NPIP testers dragging it...

I read something from a backyard flock keeper that two of her birds tested positive for antibodies but didn't have an active infection and it was not an issue for them. I was told that if they got Low Path, they would develop antibodies and likely survive. If they got High Path and had no...

That's interesting since 9 billion chickens a year are raised in the US for meat. The birds lost so far to AI that were destined to be meat, though unfortunate, are a drop in the bucket in relation to how many are produced overall.

The eggs also go through a sanitation spray room where they're disinfected.

Same here... can't even imagine 😢

You'd think so, but many of the "non-poultry" flocks on the AI list are chickens. Edit to add: I agree with you. They keep saying "poultry" and "non-poultry" in new and special ways. ;)

Thanks! That's interesting to know.