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WOW you got **** lucky! buying eggs from a state with an ongoing AI outbreak is NOT VERY SMART! Its not that your flock had it or not but rather your flock came in contact with AI from a farm CONFIRMED with AI. im glad your birds are not being destroyed but your small potatoes in a VERY large basket. 50 000 000 birds have been infected and culled because of this.... and your not in the clear yet
no one thinks it can happen to them!
news flash IT CAN!
WAKE UP PEOPLE!
(sorry this is not Johns source of eggs) this farm has shipped eggs and birds to 75% of the states, infecting states that didnt even have AI.
http://m.tucson.com/news/blogs/bird...11e5-93ad-0f4f808e1199.html?mobile_touch=true
good luck to you all!
stay safe!
Yes, I've noticed that too. The same sort of thing happened with that virus that wiped out over 10% of the nations hogs last year. Almost all the facility's hit were large pork operations, with hundreds of head. I'm guessing its because they have so many animals cooped up in such small spaces.thankfully the cases in my state have been minimal and far, far from my flock and no new cases in over a month... that doesn't mean I still don't worry tho... an interesting thing about the USDA tracking site is a vast vast vast majority of infected flocks are very very large flocks of commercial operations of well over 10,000 birds.. coincidence?
Thank you for that, Blooie. You are the best at putting into words what many are thinking.John, I watched your video, I read your post, and I heard the heartbreak and initial anger. No one blames you one bit for having such strong emotions. Yet your subsequent posts have shown understanding for those who were tasked with the sad job of taking the lives of your birds. In your video you even said that. You've shown compassion for the seller as well, worried about her losses and being willing to help her rebuild.
Know what I think, John? I think you are an honorable and genuinely nice guy. I'm so happy that nice guys don't always finish last.
To say NOT VERY SMARY is not kind.
We dont know what hatcheries are doing or going through at the time of purchase and it does take time for eggs to go through the mail and then time to hatch the eggs. Lets be more sympathetic towards others. Lets be supportive because it could happen to any of us!