I can't wrap my head around the whole temperature thing. The virus is inside the bird multiplying and wrecking havoc. But, the inside of the bird is about 102F constantly and indefinitely.
"Oxygen"
I too was surprised to see the eggs weren't allowed. Not even to be sent somewhere. Although I would also imagine the average backyard flock owner would not be able to practice the biosecurity necessary to keep the young birds from falling ill. 150 days does seem an absurdly long time to wait though.
I think it is, in part, to make sure there are no other outbreaks nearby. That and the state probably came up with 150 based on they could easily have 150 days of cool/cold weather. And just wrote down 150 days instead of using if/then statements.
Glad it wasn't your flock.
Any idea why it was locked? Isn't that the point....to have comments?
This is a colossally divisive subject. Humans the world over are experiencing "pathological virus fatigue", and after three years of covid19, people are ready to go full tin foil teepee. It's absolute chaos, the people predisposed to conspiracy theories are so ready to tell everyone what they think about HPAI, and their comments are folded into the sea of adults having real discussion about actual science when instead they should have stayed at speaker's corner babbling into the void like they should.
I get what you're saying, but without dissenting views it is no longer a discussion.
