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I don't think that anyone "hates" the vets or the USDA. However, the states have not always done "the right thing" according to USDA guidelines as far as executing the plans where an affected flock is found. If my birds were to be quarantined for a few months because HPAI was found nearby...

Maybe call the USDA?

Possibly a cowbird, starling or crow pulling babies from other bird nests.

Michigan now has a confirmed case of H5N2 in wild geese in Macomb County.

Chickens infected with HPAI will die from the virus.. You won't need to worry about the eggs. If your chickens are sick now and you are treating them successfully, then it's not HPAI and you will need to follow the medication withdrawal periods. Many respiratory illnesses continue to shed...

One of the backyard flocks was something like 5700 pheasants. That skewed the numbers quite a bit.

Those are very nice signs. I hope they work.

Clean Harbors, from Massachusetts, is bringing in humongous incinerators. But toting those across country and setting them up can't be easy...plus I believe incinerators have to have permits from local/county/state to operate...

Feed, for the most part, is not heat treated. Grains are dried for storage, but the heat level is nowhere near sterilization temps. And that is only post-harvest, pre-storage. Duly noted, soy is an exception. But once steamed, it is treated as a grain, often ground and held in bulk for...

I could certainly see that happening. I've also wondered about songbirds in the grain elevators.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2015/05/17/iowa-bird-flu-chicken-disposal-landfills-south-dakota-nebraska-minnesota-usda/27505309/ There is the article.

Yes, and yes. But no one is sure how, or if ducks will look or act sick.

And after Ohio, Michigan...unless wind is the primary vector, then we may get it from Wisconsin. Either way, I'd much rather this not be happening. Not only would it be a financial hardship, but also an emotional one to lose all my breeders, all my babies, even my goofy roosters. But mostly...

http://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/bird-flu-probable-iowa-chicken-broiler-breeding-farm-n351151 And a broiler breeding farm identified (from April 30) One egg producer identified as Daybreak Farm in another article.

Thanks for the update! Please don't think that my comments in the earlier post were at all directed toward you or your farm! Your farm and birds look lovely. I am sure the USDA is swamped. Last time I checked it was almost 34 million birds affected (either tested and confirmed or at the...

At present, the current strains do not show any ability to transmit to humans. But as a point of reference, the incubation period for the virus is stated as 3 to 21 days.

Agreed. Genetically diverse and naturally healthy people and animals, exposed to natural environmental factors at low stocking densities, will tend to remain healthier than genetically nearly identical, densely housed people and animals.

That is a call that only you can make. If an outbreak hits their area and they are quarantined before your order ships, then you will not receive your poults. If not, they are clear to ship. Many of the hatcheries have contract farms that do the grow-outs, though, and you have no insight into...

I think you are reading a great deal more into what you read than was intended or said. I did not say that your flock was sick. My flock is not sick either. I have taken the precaution of excluding songbirds from the coops as much as possible, and chase away the random wild duck that...

It's VERY clear that the USDA response plan is solely to protect commercial operations. Backyarders/small farmers are statistically insignificant even en masse, and the USDA is working with states, who are mobilizing National Guard, to step up for "containment" procedures. If this strain was...