HEADS UP AVIAN INFLUENZA ALERT

[chicknmania]

It seems to me that she's done enough. Just watch your flock, and see what happens. No point in worrying about it. If your flock remains healthy, count your blessings.

 

[Briza]

It seems to me that she's done enough. Just watch your flock, and see what happens. No point in worrying about it. If your flock remains healthy, count your blessings.

I agree. If they tried to get them tested and the people that handle that didn't want to test them then they did everything they could.

 

[TherryChicken]

I don't understand. You were insistent that you'd never seen this many dead birds before. You were concerned that it was AI and were all "I need to know either way" and worried for the safety of your flock. But now you're okay with your regular vet giving you a diagnosis over the phone that points to moldy dog food? That's all it took to get you to decide your all safe? No USDA test? No examination of the birds? Not the word of a wildlife biologist or the AG dept? Given your earlier adamant arguments, I'm surprised you accepted that.

Why because if you read what I said, they wouldn't get off their butt and test the birds. N yes, I trust my vet!

 

[TherryChicken]

It seems to me that she's done enough.  Just watch your flock, and see what happens.  No point in worrying about it. If your flock remains healthy, count your blessings. 

I have . They are still going strong! Thank you! We got tired of fighting with them. They said we had to send them into the vet, so sence we had to spend $500 on my pet rattie today for surgery (again) then you know we can't really afford it. Plus we have really good vets so I trust them .

 

[TherryChicken]

I agree. If they tried to get them tested and the people that handle that didn't want to test them then they did everything they could.

We tried to get the birds tested by them for 2 weeks now just for them to tell us they can't and we have to have our vet test them :/. VERY aggrevating. Would of been nice if they just said that in the beginning

 

[Briza]

We tried to get the birds tested by them for 2 weeks now just for them to tell us they can't and we have to have our vet test them

. VERY aggrevating. Would of been nice if they just said that in the beginning

I hope they're just too swamped to do it but the cynical part of me wonders if you're too far from any big poultry operations to bother with. You can get necropsies at a few universities if you're near one and really want to know. It might be cheaper than the vet would charge you. I don't know if you've looked into that or not.

 

[TherryChicken]

I hope they're just too swamped to do it but the cynical part of me wonders if you're too far from any big poultry operations to bother with. You can get necropsies at a few universities if you're near one and really want to know. It might be cheaper than the vet would charge you. I don't know if you've looked into that or not. 

No the sad thing is they aren't too far.. but were swamped. They just said they do not do necropsied n that we had to go to the vet for that. N my mom corrected me and said we've been trying for 3 weeks. We found 13 birds. They are starting to slow down which is good, BUT it's also starting to dry up a lil more too.

 

[MrsBachbach]

Ok good news for here. The AG Department said they don't test them

. So we called out vet. The vet said that it is most likely due to mommas picking up moldy dog food caused from our weather n feeding to the babies and them dying. They said even if it was AI, once it gets over 90 degrees, it kills the AI. So we're safe.

I can believe that. Birds are always going after the dog or cat food. It's the first place my chickens head to when let out in the morning. Straight to the dog bowl to see what is left over.
Mold is awful this year. I think it has causes more sickness in birds than people realize. I was finding mold in my feeders where the feed dust had collected. With humidity so high this year, it was only taking a few days for stuff to start molding. I cleaned all those feeders and only put out enough feed that they would eat in one day.
It's a little bit better now, but just like Texas, we have had alot of rain, heat and humidity.

 

[TherryChicken]

  I can believe that.  Birds are always going after the dog or cat food.  It's the first place my chickens head to when let out in the morning.  Straight to the dog bowl to see what is left over. 
Mold is awful this year.  I think it has causes more sickness in birds than people realize.  I was finding mold in my feeders where the feed dust had collected.  With humidity so high this year, it was only taking a few days for stuff to start molding.  I cleaned all those feeders and only put out enough feed that they would eat in one day. 
It's a little bit better now, but just like Texas, we have had alot of rain, heat and humidity.

Yeah exactly! Things will start molding or will have maggots to it in 24 hours! It's awful!! That's what the wild birds do here. Collect dog food, dip it in our dogs water (very aggrevating) and eats it.

 

[EdenCamp]

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