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Yes I know, but eventually it may come to that, unless every single wild bird in a "hot" area could be tested and euthanized if positive for HPAI, which is of course impossible.

While shopping at my local rural Walmart yesterday, I saw that the price for Great Value brand one dozen large eggs was $5.96. Though I sell eggs, I see the high price as no cause for celebration. Store egg prices also rose during the last bird flu outbreak in 2015, which resulted in higher...

More incentive for people to raise their own food when/if possible.

That article is really tragic. Since there are more dead buzzards in view near the cell phone tower, I hope they are tested and the bird owner that "lost 100's of birds from finches to peacocks" at least learns if the vultures were the cause.

There has only been 1 case so far in my state (texas) and it was a couple hundred miles away. My flocks have remained completely free-range so far. If a case was found in my county (or just across the border in oklahoma), I would plan to keep my flocks penned until temps rose sufficiently to...

I read a recent thread where the owner had some deaths in her flock, and inquired to her state lab about sending a carcass in to be tested for Mareks. Because she mentioned multiple deaths, state authorities came right out to her property to test for AI. (I think this was in New York state.)...

I thought I remembered reading when cases showed up in backyard flocks in January 2022, that commercial farms have improved their bio-security since the 2015 outbreak, and so would probably not be as severely affected. Yet here we are, with commercial farms increasingly testing positive, and...

I thought of this thread when I received a Gmail from Harbor Freight recently. Irregardless of contagious avian diseases, I have a good use for these when I don't want to risk stepping in poop while inside coops wearing my "good shoes." $9.99 for 50pr seems like a good price...

Your theory makes perfect sense if the intent in designating backyard flocks as "non-poultry" is to prevent exported poultry and eggs from being banned from import by other countries.

The answer to how long the quarantine lasts completely depends on how long area birds are testing positive. When California was fighting VND, it was a "good while" before Any birds could be brought into the quarrantined areas, including day old chicks shipped from hatcheries. (The exact time...

:lau But But those sky divers think what they are doing is perfectly safe. ( I get your point.) The issue is difficult (and potentionally very traumatic) for those who have emotional attachments to their poultry. And I think most who adore their poultry appreciate the lives of wild birds too...

Yes I understand you said VND and not avian flu. I agree if my state was coming to euthanize my birds, I would do the deed myself. (Maybe. It would be heartbreaking to euthanize healthy chickens that I love, so in reality I'm not certain i could do it. I might have to call a veterinarian...

Are you saying that if VND or Avian Influenza showed up in your state, you would euthanize your entire flock, to be certain they didn't contract or spread the disease? I'm thinking that's not exactly what you meant. At least I hope not. Because in that case ALL wild waterfowl, songbirds and...

50 million. Even though 5 million is plenty enough.

Yes you are correct the most recent issue in California was Newcastle disease; my memory was confused!

In some parts of California authorities were euthanizing ALL poultry within quarantine zones, even if poultry were confined in covered pens, and even if poultry were kept in a person's house. I believe the draconian practice was eventually stopped due to massive public outcry. North and South...