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Wouldn't the autumn migration have younger birds because the breeding grounds are in the north. In the northern hemisphere, anyway. There may be some reason one is more dangerous than the other though. It would be interesting to look into the differences. Maybe they feed more along the way -...

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^^ this. And, possibly a quirk of how the laws/rules are written. Unintended consequences are common. In this case, the whoever wrote it may not have thought of coops small enough that they aren't entered every day or some other factor that makes it possible for some birds to not catch it even...

The paw print is a turkey (from head on with tail spread, maybe)... if click on the icon and scroll left, you can see the details for that location.

I agree. Maybe not so much. The commercial operations know how to do it but don't necessarily have enough compliance from each and every person involved... whether not complying is intensional, accidental, or simply carelessness.

I would burn it if it is a grass field. Maybe also if is a bare field by spreading fuel for the fire over the area. Bleach only works on clean surfaces because it is inactivated as it reacts with dirt type particles.

Well, there isn't really a good way to do it. Foam is, at least, the fastest way of the reasonable options. And requires the least handling of the birds (stressful to birds that haven't been handled like many of our backyard chickens.)

Oh. I netsearched why mosquitoes can't transmit flu. It is because the flu can't get from the mosquito's stomach to its saliva glands. Mosquito-borne illnesses have a way to do that.

They have wheel washes for incoming vehicles. At the height of the last major outbreak, they had employees park a couple of miles away and shuttled them the rest of the way. They have shoe wash stations and then a place to take outside shoes off and put plant (meaning the building the birds are...

"Laboratory-confirmed cases of bird flu have been identified in Dutchess and Ulster County" https://www.dailyfreeman.com/2022/02/25/bird-flu-found-in-ulster-dutchess-counties/#:~:text=The bird flu, known as highly pathogenic avian,to help control the spread of the virus.

A lock on the coop door with keys accessible only to those willing and able to follow biosecurity procedures.

No, sort of. Each state makes and enforces the rules on this. They do enough looking at what the feds say and at what other states are doing that the rules on the books end up quite similar.

Best guess is they didn't want to explain what they meant each time they used the term.

They say what non-poultry is. It is a chicken that is not in a commercial flock. Edit to add: If you sell eggs or birds and do not know if you have a commercial flock, you don't.

Yes. Except the 21 days start at the end of the cleaning rather than when the birds are gone.

I kept saying it doesn't seem to apply it us but I think we shouldn't totally ignore it. The more we-all can be clearly not part of the problem; the less likely anyone will feel we should be regulated. I would really not want to get the kind of restrictions Britain has. I don't think we need to...

And the HPAI elimination pdf says what and how to clean and "After cleaning and disinfection, you site must stay empty for at least 21 days. During this time, animal health officials will return to collect environmental samples from different areas of your farm. These samples will be tested for...

In the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) section for when you have HPAI in your poultry flock "Quarantine One of the most effective ways to stop HPAI from spreading is to set up a quarantine. Only authorized individuals can come in and out of infected farms that are quarantined. There...

APHIS has at least two definitions of poulty. One is "Domesticated fowl, including chickens, turkeys, Ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries, waterfowl, and game birds, except doves and pigeons, bred to produce eggs or meat." The other is "Domesticated chickens and turkeys bred to produce eggs or...