Recent content by SueIowa

So I have a little news to share about the current situation in northwest Iowa regarding backyard flocks. A friend of my dad's, who is president of the county conservation board, contacted our local USDA as he has a flock of laying hens. His chickens are not sick and he was only inquiring about...

. Again I ask...

. So you are saying that the USDA is going to sweep in without any warning,no testing, or no quarantine period and wipe out my flock. Yes I seen your previous posts about the USDA eradicating all potential sources of avian...

Being from Northwest Iowa I am smack dab in the middle of the hot zone for the bird flu. My husband and I have a huge flock of free ranging chickens and ducks and turkeys. We also have large farm pond that our ducks have shared with wild Canadian geese, wild ducks and blue herons for the last 6...