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  1. 3bird

    Avian Flu in the news?

    We feed Mazuri feeds, and they were a couple bucks cheaper from Chewy than they were at TSC when we started ordering. See above for more details.
  2. 3bird

    Avian Flu in the news?

    We feed the Mazuri waterfowl line of feeds. It was ~$39 for the 50-pound bag when we started buying from Chewy, and that was a couple bucks cheaper then TSC at the time. Plus TSC was pretty unreliable about getting it in for us. Plus our TSC was kind f nightmare during the early pandemic. The...
  3. 3bird

    Avian Flu in the news?

    We've started buying our duckfood from Chewy. It's cheaper than TSC, and they are more reliable. We started during the pandemic and never switched back.
  4. 3bird

    Avian Flu in the news?

    Here is a webinar from last year that's pretty informative: With avian influenza confirmed so close to us (two flocks already euthanized), we can't justify not keeping our birds in a covered space. We have a small flock at present, which makes it way easier, but even with a small flock it...
  5. 3bird

    Avian Flu in the news?

    That's such a good point to avoid feed stores. I'm going to add that to my brainstorming thread. Thanks.
  6. 3bird

    Avian Flu in the news?

    I hear you, and the challenges are immense. Up here, some people with larger flocks are keeping them all in their barns. We live close to the shore, and we have gulls all over our property regularly, and the wild mallards have started to show up on our little ponds. Turkey are regularly hopping...
  7. 3bird

    Avian Flu in the news?

    That is now my understanding as well. My question had been how long one needed to let the area be fallow (e.g., free of any wild birds) before it was "safe" for our ducks, but my research leads me to believe that the virus remains active in manure for 3+ months. So that eliminates the moveable...
  8. 3bird

    Avian Flu in the news?

    Thanks for the response. My understanding is that wild birds are a common vector. It's also my understanding, after doing some more research since I posted, that the manure of an infected bird can be pathogenic for 3+ months. So if the birds are foraging in a movable covered run (i.e., chicken...
  9. 3bird

    Avian Flu in the news?

    The run is descent size. It's 16x8, and we only have five large breed ducks at the moment, but they are so eager to go out and forage. This is going to become increasingly the case as the snow melts and it gets warmer. My vision was to build them a movable run, so I could put them onto good...
  10. 3bird

    Avian Flu in the news?

    The current outbreak in Maine is in our county, and one of the farms (backyard hobby farm) is quite close. There have been two confirmed cases (both in our county) and two flocks euthanized. We're pretty worried. Because the ground is frozen, we can't really do much in terms of building an...
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