This whole world is scary stuff. It's overwhelming if I think about it too much.Scary stuff
So many precautions to take with myself and the birds.
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This whole world is scary stuff. It's overwhelming if I think about it too much.Scary stuff
This x2! I hear ya. I try and not think about it or my anxiety flares and then I am no good to anyoneThis whole world is scary stuff. It's overwhelming if I think about it too much.
So many precautions to take with myself and the birds.
I’m curious how long people are planning to keep their birds in flockdown? Especially those with less than ideal set ups, whose birds are in cramped quarters right now.
I had been watching too much on things going on and my favorite coat zipper broke and I couldn't get out. I about lost it lol. It was the last straw. I realized how silly and started laughing..... And quit watching the news so much.... I did get out of the coat with some patienceThis x2! I hear ya. I try and not think about it or my anxiety flares and then I am no good to anyone
Thank you for sharing that! An interesting read indeed.
Worth note on seagulls:
"Gulls are in the order Charadriiformes in the family Laridae. These birds are considered major reservoir hosts of avian IAVs [2,37], especially of H13 and H16 viruses [38]. Large-scale surveillance of gulls has shown that infection prevalence can top 50% in many gull populations [38,39,40]."
I don't think Seagulls have been mentioned specifically in any of the other things really where I've read/heard carriers aside from waterfowl discussed - which usually meant just duck/geese/swans. Some places also said shorebirds so maybe seagulls would be lumped in with that, but I'm still surprised I haven't seen them called out specifically as a risk elsewhere given how aggressive they can be about getting into stuff, which would surely be more of an actual transmission risk to poultry than something like a sanderling.
This site has a list of all commercial and backyard flocks with number of birds culled.Is there anywhere that says exactly how many birds have been killed from or euthanized because of AI?
I can only find state by state.
Is it safe to assume all of the birds listed on there are dead/were killed?This site has a list of all commercial and backyard flocks with number of birds culled.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ou...pai-2022/2022-hpai-commercial-backyard-flocks
Here is the page with wild birds, some found dead others were hunter harvest.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ou...vian-influenza/hpai-2022/2022-hpai-wild-birds
This has moved rather quickly so I have not heard a total so far or took time to add them all up myself but several million now, unfortunately.
Is it safe to assume all of the birds listed on there are dead/were killed?
I'm adding them up now.
I got this number? Sounds pretty high to me.I would say yes. Every report mentioned depopulation.