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They aren't if humans don't transmit contaminants to them. But they remain naive subjects through the 120-day countdown, meaning that if even one chicken in the q zone is detected, that 120 days starts all over again. In macro, the scorched-earth policy is most efficient as it leaves fewer...

Why breed-specific bans don't work. Especially since the standard American Gamefowl Rooster is not a recognized breed.

True. Interestingly, research since the 2015 West Africa pandemic indicates that anti-malarials might actually assist Ebola in the body. I brought up Ebola only to reference the spread patterns. For months, no one did anything, and the spread only got worse. Eventually a vaccine was...

The more people follow the law, though, the less likely this is to happen. I'm not calling for making breeds illegal, but with a three-factor correlation and hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars, I think it is reasonable that more oversight be taken.

To be sure, such motives exist, but in this case I doubt it's all cronyism. The politicians minding the machine that be look bad enough with how this outbreak has been handled, and keeping around a potential infected bird would not be in their best interest. Regarding ebola, I haven't heard the...

The SB mountains (Crestline, out Big Bear) don't contain hot zones. Muscovy is one, however, and looks to be about 40 minutes out of Crestline. Other than the mountains, RivCo and SBCO are basically desert foothills or the Mojave itself.

OK, but the major draw to gamefowl isn't for that reason. The demand isn't driven by people invigorating their flocks with gamefowl hens. The focus,demand, pricing are on gamecocks that, realistically, most people are not going to integrate into a typical flock situation. Your argument--that...

This strain is "hot," meaning that once infection sets in, most of the flock will contract it via exposure to infected poop, respiratory droplets in the coop and direct bodily contact between chickens. Virus is inactivated on exposure to sunlight/uv but can remain longer in dark areas. The...

Demand for these birds will fall as cockfighting becomes less popular. And the way that was accomplished with dog fighting was with more states making it a felony with more jail time, and then basically making an example out of people. Since Michael Vick? Way better now than in 2006. The food...

@IamRainey, do you have your source for the carrier status? I've found very little info on this. Thanks.

In the 2003 outbreak, euthanized layers were paid out about $5. Gamebird roosters averaged about $76. (This is a reliable source, but shoot, I didn't bookmark it so I have to look again.) That apparently was too low for some gamecock owners, so they moved their roosters. I've heard the...

The December 2018 USDA-APHIS study gives a rate of infection-to-symptoms of 0.4 days; death or recovery in approximately 4.2 days. Mortality 70 to 100 percent. Newcastle's vaccine in backyard chicken flocks was seen to HEIGHTEN risk to VND; it's speculated that this may be dosage/timing error.

We heard the rooster was one of several fighting roosters out of Tracy, that the owner lived in Hayward and took the rooster across the bridge to a vet in Redwood City. Had he worked with live poultry, we'd could be the next Riverside. The owner was reportedly "extremely uncooperative." Well I...

This is true, but also true is that said eggs are cheaper at Costco, which all urban counties have. It's not strictly a survival need in that way;-)

On the macro-level, factory farms feed people most cheaply, and overseas, cheaper yet. I'll give an example you're probably not thinking of. Benin. Most chickens are spent hens from France, putting pressure on the native poultry industry--feed growers too. The spent hens are being eaten, not...

His part of the valley is the rule I'd say for urban counties both in northern and southern California.

You know, I thought it was a myth that boys lit their farts...until I met my SO who did.

You've got the same governor if you're anywhere in Cali. If you're not, count that as a benefit;-)

I wish they'd let you slam the like button a dozen times. This is exactly what I mean.

There are many different forms of Newcastle, classified in how harmful they are. Lentogenic is the least harmful, and it is what is used to vaccinate chickens. VND represents strains that are most harmful. The 2018 strain in particular shows resistence to vaccine. Commercial producers take...