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A commercial poultry flock infected in Newago county, Michigan. Mary

My birds will be staying in, starting today. :barnie And we have chicks coming in late May, but I won't be hatching any here, and will hold off on possible meat birds. Mary

Very sad, and concerning for all of us this spring. Will our chickens go outside anytime soon? Blast! Mary

Usually the actual facility involved won't be announced. Mary

So not good, all over again. Mary

Today, an infected dairy herd in southern Michigan, after some apparently heathy cattle from Texas arrived. :he Mary

Also cows in New Mexico, according to news I just saw. :( Mary

Not a happy event, for sure. Mary

So last week USDA announced that avian influenza has been found in dairy herds in Kansas and Texas! Sick cows, virus found in their milk. Another troubling cross species event, for sure. That milk is all destroyed, and another reminder that using raw dairy products is NOT SMART!!! Mary

Today a flock in Bay County, Michigan tests positive. Time to keep our birds inside... Mary

It's called in tested, and reported when official. Nothing underhanded about it, and information that needs to get out, so we can better protect our flocks. Again, ugh! Mary

AI found in a backyard flock in Cass County, Michigan. It's in the SW corner of the state. Ugh! Mary

Yesterday APHIS reported AI in a backyard flock in Eaton County, Michigan. Not far from here! :he Mary Sorry, it was MDARD who reported it, not APHIS. Miserable news regardless.

Just a note here: any critter who has a rabies vaccine available to them should get it! That includes cats, horses, dogs, cattle, whoever. Since dog licensing became law in many/ most states in the USA, canine (and human!) rabies cases decreased greatly. Now cats have been diagnosed with...

How could I not mention polio?!! Mary

Some folks don't remember smallpox, which 'only' killed 30% to 50% of people infected, and how great the vaccine was when developed! Never mind tetanus, and rabies vaccine. And more recently, measles, mumps, and chicken pox! Many of us are alive thanks to at least those vaccines, and not...

Today here: AI found in a backyard flock in Sanilac county, Michigan. Mary

We have wild turkeys here too, and no information about sick ones. It would depend on someone finding and reporting dead/ dying birds, and then testing happening. Mary

Sad article, and I wouldn't be interested in handling or eating those ducks either! Mary

So true. Backyard flock?!