Well I wouldn't recommend a metal shed, yes I've never had predators other than snakes, but oklahoma summers make it an oven. So you'd need a way to cool it.
Wel here, its about precautions. No visitors near your chickens.
Cover runs with tarps, enclosed fencing with bird net, get a bottle of oxine or lysol to spray shoes and tires. Similar to what they do in the UK. No new birds in. Biosecurity, if you watch webinars on what we are dealing with it...
Not sure if this is much help :
Beginning May 1, 2022, all poultry exhibition, public sales and swap meets are banned in the state of Oklahoma until further notice in order to halt any potential spread of this virus. The ban is set to end on July 30th, unless evidence shows it should be...
Mine have not contracted it. But you can make a containment area during the day possibly with chicken wire? Line it with bird netting, and a shade cloth. Or you try spraying the yard with lysol or oxine. The virus needs extended tome of dry 95 degree temperatures to kill it. According to...
I hope you guys are locking down your birds, with the Avian Flu here in Oklahoma- you want no contact with wild birds, not just waterfowl. This needs to be taken seriously-
Covered runs, line run fencing with bird net. Follow bio-security strictly- no sales, auctions, shows etc. This virus...
Well we found bobcat tracks by the dog water, so that confirms it. Darn things. So tightened up the coops and runs. I don't deal well with these losses.