Avian influenza found in South Carolina

[Brooks_]

APHIS is back up. More turkeys, more back yard flocks and a poultry processor is new to the list.

 

[NanaK]

So many. They got to have some idea how this is happening. I'd love to know what they are discussing pertaining to that.

 

[589205]

https://www.ketv.com/article/zoos-hiding-birds-as-avian-flu-spreads-in-north-america/39643170

 

[NightingaleJen]

https://www.ketv.com/article/zoos-hiding-birds-as-avian-flu-spreads-in-north-america/39643170

Makes sense. Best of luck to them; a lot of zoos have important breeding programs for various rare and endangered birds.

 

[589205]

Makes sense. Best of luck to them; a lot of zoos have important breeding programs for various rare and endangered birds.

I know and agree. I just posted the article cause they mentioned that small birds and mice can also track it in.

 

[Sonya9]

This is horrible. A poster on another platform just said Tractor Supply culled all chicks in North Carolina last night. I thought the post was bogus since they get their chicks from Hoover's and an AI incident would be a nationwide problem.

See article, sounds like the cull really did happen. NC lawmakers are idiots, they had NO restrictions whatsoever in place and then ban all chick sales with no notice during chick season?

"As of Tuesday, April 5, all North Carolina poultry shows and public sales will be suspended due to the threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which continues to spread across the state and country."

https://wlos.com/news/local/threat-...n-mike-martin-exhibitions-auctions-farm-tours

 

[Iluveggers]

This is horrible. A poster on another platform just said Tractor Supply culled all chicks in North Carolina last night. I thought the post was bogus since they get their chicks from Hoover's and an AI incident would be a nationwide problem.

See article, sounds like the cull really did happen. NC lawmakers are idiots, they had NO restrictions whatsoever in place and then ban all chick sales with no notice during chick season?

"As of Tuesday, April 5, all North Carolina poultry shows and public sales will be suspended due to the threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which continues to spread across the state and country."

https://wlos.com/news/local/threat-...n-mike-martin-exhibitions-auctions-farm-tours

Holy crap. That is ridiculous.

 

[Acre4Me]

Pretty sure Day old chicks are still allowed to be sold.

Curious, I went to Meyer hatchery site... Can they ship everywhere? Any updates? are they restricted from certain states? Here is what I found:

https://www.meyerhatchery.com/Avian-Influenza-and-Biosecurity-c128312082

https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/5146189092749

The eggs at a large hatchery seem to be incubated completely separate from the breeding flocks. I'm pretty sure this is true for many/ all hatcheries. Additionally, the heat of incubation is supposed to kill any HPAI virus (is what I've read). However, its not baby chicks spreading it. Of course, they may not have updated for NC - the last update was a few days ago.

Check out any updates at your favorite hatchery - see if they are unable to ship to any particular states. I only checked Meyer.

 

[Sonya9]

Pretty sure Day old chicks are still allowed to be sold.

Curious, I went to Meyer hatchery site... Can they ship everywhere? Any updates? are they restricted from certain states? Here is what I found:

https://www.meyerhatchery.com/Avian-Influenza-and-Biosecurity-c128312082

https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/5146189092749

The eggs at a large hatchery seem to be incubated completely separate from the breeding flocks. I'm pretty sure this is true for many/ all hatcheries. Additionally, the heat of incubation is supposed to kill any HPAI virus (is what I've read). However, its not baby chicks spreading it. Of course, they may not have updated for NC - the last update was a few days ago.

Check out any updates at your favorite hatchery - see if they are unable to ship to any particular states. I only checked Meyer.

I am watching this closely. My feed store is supposed to get a shipment in from Hoover's next week. I need 2-3 chicks for a broody. I would buy them tomorrow if they had any compatible breeds.

Though NC had several domestic flocks infected, my state hasn't had any. Even if our lawmakers over-reacted they probably wouldn't act fast enough to mess up next week's sales.

 

[allbirds4me]

This is horrible. A poster on another platform just said Tractor Supply culled all chicks in North Carolina last night. I thought the post was bogus since they get their chicks from Hoover's and an AI incident would be a nationwide problem.

See article, sounds like the cull really did happen. NC lawmakers are idiots, they had NO restrictions whatsoever in place and then ban all chick sales with no notice during chick season?

"As of Tuesday, April 5, all North Carolina poultry shows and public sales will be suspended due to the threat of highly pathogenic avian influenza, which continues to spread across the state and country."

https://wlos.com/news/local/threat-...n-mike-martin-exhibitions-auctions-farm-tours

I don't see any reference about TSC culling chicks in that link ...is there another link to look at? If I click on the "in blue click here's" it says whoops, something went wrong.
Just did a quick google news search about it, couldn't find anything that way either , yet.