Thanks! That's interesting to know.
Have you all watched the YouTube video that @Molpet posted earlier in this thread? Sad but very informative. I think that they use foam for the huge commercial poultry houses where everything is automated and it’s impractical to dispatch individual birds. Most USDA efforts for AI and HPAI are directed towards preserving the multibillion dollar US commercial poultry industry. In the small farm video, it looks like they used CO2 euthanasia.
I just looked this up and watched. I knew that's how the large commercial facilities were being handled, but I've also heard and read repeatedly that they won't kill birds that don't test positive. According to that video, they do kill everything, separate area/flock or not, and testing positive or not. If they are trying to encourage people to report cases, I have to say that not permitting quarantine of separated flocks that test negative is certainly not going to help. Kind of ticked at Penn State now because they were one of the sources that gave answers making it sound like they wouldn't just come in and kill everything like that.
I'm just catching up with this thread, so came across yours. Some are putting up tarps. I don't know what your set up is, bird netting won't help. The new area we're building will have 1/2" hardcloth top to bottom, and I'm thinking about running door/window screen over the top to keep out the droppings. They pick up and atleast taste just about anything while pecking around.
Yes, I linked that study earlier. TY for reprinting it for those late to the thread - its a lot to dig thru trying to find it.
We are just finishing the build on a sparrow trap actually. My father has been helping and it's coming along really nice. Only cost about $150 to build. Hopefully we can cut down on the population a lot that way.
Welcome to BYC! There have already been a number of cases in Georgia. It's in almost every state right now.
