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:highfive: Me too.

Fortunately for us our temps aren’t conducive to the virus living very long outside a host. Too hot right now.

Well maybe be nice to your fellow humans then instead of calling then collective idiots. No flies, just some courtesy.

The symptoms match so many other illnesses that I would have it tested at least

There were no mass cullings in AZ or UT. Sick birds were moved from California to those two states but the situations were under control right away.

Harsh at first, you catch more flies with honey that you do vinegar. California had VND running rampant, that’s a different ball game. I agree with your assessment about how AI got here though.

Oh good cuz I don’t want to fight either. I don’t know how I feel about it actually. I understand why they did it but certainly don’t agree with the how. Although I do understand the heavy hands also based on the ridiculous responses from some people. I mean I get it, we love our animals. We...

I said VND not avian flu, which was what flocks in Cali had. Yes, if the authorities were coming for my birds I would kill them myself so I knew it was humane and when the state showed up I’d tell them where the bodies were so they could collect. It IS exactly what I meant. People need to stop...

You guys, I really loved my chickens. However, if VND was a problem now in my state I certainly wouldn’t hide my flock or send to my friend in Colorado. I would put down my flock myself and let the authorities deal with the bodies. Then I would know they were put down humanely and they wouldn’t...

i was looking for a list of birds that are susceptible to this flu and found this page https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/3/07-1410-t1 It includes ducks and other water fowl, but also includes a pigeon and dove, green pea fowl, chicken ancestor red jungle fowl, a variety of starling, mynah...

Pigeons are indeed poultry. They are related to doves and people eat them.

That’s probably one of the fastest.

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I’m sorry, my post made it seem as though I am in disagreement with you and I’m not. I was commenting on your disclaimer and answering the question about the safety of eating a sick bird.

See here, there’s a list of what it’s for and avian influenza is listed. https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_library_info.html?product=063c7eba-a7ff-4ceb-bf52-7463c15bf346&showText=1

I love your disclaimer. I wouldn’t eat a bird I knew was sick…

I think I have a pair of those too lol

Mine are flip flops too :highfive: I still wear them out there, it’s a habit I haven’t broken. We’ve had rabbit hemorrhagic fever in the southwest though, so it’s still a good idea so I don’t make the buns sick.

I have no ducks or chickens right now, but when I did I had shoes that I wore only in my backyard. I often wondered if that was really the right thing to do. Survival of the fittest and all that. I had plenty of wild birds in my yard though so always wondered if it really mattered.

Out of curiosity, how many of you change your shoes at the run or coop door before going in? Wouldn’t that be a biosecurity concerns if you have wild birds in your yard?