avian influenza

  1. ElGoose

    Devastating bird flu culling

    I’m uk based and live in a beautiful area where I was lucky to be able to watch and interact with many wild geese for years living here. I’ve watched many of them grow up from goslings - however just today I realise that there isn’t a wild goose in sight, I’ve come to find out that they have...
    • ElGoose
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    • avian influenza bird flu help
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    • Forum: Geese
  2. C

    Bird flu prevention

    I know that avian influenza is on the rise right now, and I have a backyard flock of 6 chickens that will be a year old this spring. They have a coop and a moderately sized run, but we let them out once a day to free range (usually with supervision) in our small fenced backyard. This might be a...
  3. Kimmyh51

    HPAI anyone had experience with this in a duck flock or had free range ducks in an area with cases of it?

    I am in New Zealand, where, touch wood, we dont have it and wont. But it has recently made its way to Australia and according to the news there is a risk it will come here during this winter (just started winter here) or during spring, with migratory birds. I run a duck rescue, currently in...
    • Kimmyh51
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    • avian influenza avian influenza? biosecurity bird flu hpai influenza migratory wild ducks
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. T

    Bird flu H5N1 in Australia

    Hi there, I live in New Zealand and everyone is starting to talk about the inevitably of us getting the H5N1 bird flu virus from Australia (we are close to Aussie and Australia is like our giant Canary so to speak). But all our local chicken Facebook pages are full of unhelpful conspiracies...
  5. Waterfowllady

    Flock Tested Positive for Avian Influenza

    Just a few days ago, I noticed some of my geese were acting sluggish and that they all suddenly had gotten eye infections. I separated them to a pen of their own and treated their eyes and dosed vitamins. I began having a few ducks and chickens die off, then all of my chickens dying off. I will...
  6. Chickenmother26

    Fluid coming from nose, gasping, smelly poop, lethargic, increased water consumption hen

    Hello! I got a 12 week old hen off of Facebook (I know, not the best idea 😭) and she seems sick. We’ve had her for 11 days now. We noticed bloody diarrhea the second day, which we treated for coccidiosis using CORID for 5 days, and now she’s on the preventative dose. She immediately had more...
  7. T

    Avian Influenza

    Why are you forced to cull birds if they have avian influenza? They often do not use humane methods and it rarely affects humans. Examples of methods to cull them are smothering them with foam, shutting off ventilation, filling the air with CO2, raising the heat. Most of those are slow and...
  8. ConvenientHomestead

    Flock growth

    Like many of you, we are planning on growing our flock this year, but with all of the AI going around we are having second thoughts. Our first two batches of hens were bought from a local breeder/hatchery as pullets. However, we are looking to buy quite a few more (I know, chicken math) this...
  9. G

    Hi from England

    I have had my little flock for 6 months now. They are Silver Grey Dorkings, 5 hens and an unrelated cockerel. I hope to hatch a few next spring. We are being hit hard with Abian Influenza and, here in Suffolk, we have to lock down our birds in a secure run 24/7. Looking forward to getting to...
  10. NC_ChickiePoo

    4 week old chicks & field trip outside - Avian flu?

    I've been reading - as I'm sure all of us have - about the avian bird flu precautions. We have had a case in 2 counties around us each but nothing in our immediate area has been reported. I was going to take "the girls" outside as it is 82 degrees and absolutely gorgeous - in an effort to...
  11. S

    Wild Birds

    I’ve read a few different blog posts about not having bird feeders for wild birds if you plan to keep chickens due to the avian flu possibility. I’m wondering peoples opinions on this. Could I possibly keep a feeder away from where the coop and run is? We cut down to only one feeder, partially...
  12. 3bird

    Avian Influenza Brainstorming

    We're in Maine, and we've now had a couple confirmed cases of avian influenza in our county (both quite close). We currently only have five silver Appleyard ducks (1 drake and four hens). They have a predator proof 16'x8' covered run with an attached 4'x8' duckhouse. We use the deep litter...
    • 3bird
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    • avian flu avian influenza husbandry
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Ducks
  13. Flutterbudget

    Bird flu/ Avian Influenza UK/England advice…

    Hi, So it was brought to my attention that bird flu is getting a bit rife again here in the UK and I was wondering wether I keep my ducks in their pen permanently until it all blows over or still let them have some time free ranging. Could someone advise me on what would be best for them? I’d...
  14. NEgoosegirl

    Can Domestic Geese Carry Avian Influenza?

    Hi Everyone, I am wondering whether anyone can tell me -- can my domestic geese (Sebastopols) recover from AI/carry it without showing symptoms? My gander died a little over a week ago from an unknown cause (lethargy, no eating, excessive drinking, webs of feet turning purple, coughing up water...
    • NEgoosegirl
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    • avian influenza sick goose symptoms
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Geese
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