Avian influenza found in South Carolina

[MysteryChicken]

I'm in NJ. It's scary. I'm planning on moving the girls into the basement if I have to, with supervised and limited outdoor time.

All I can do is block their door to their run to keep them inside.

 

[3KillerBs]

I guess I need to start preparing as well. Only half my pen is roofed currently.

This is scary. I don't like it.

I'm glad that I have the oversized facilities already.

I'm planning on converting 2 picnic pavilion frames into covered runs with tarps over them and wire wrapped around so that I can have a run off my brooder and a run for the Little Monitor coop -- which I intended to use as a broody house.

 

[Painted Calls]

I'm glad that I have the oversized facilities already.

I'm planning on converting 2 picnic pavilion frames into covered runs with tarps over them and wire wrapped around so that I can have a run off my brooder and a run for the Little Monitor coop -- which I intended to use as a broody house.

I was planning on finishing it this spring, but looks like a trip to Lowes is in my near future.

 

[Painted Calls]

Did they say what kind of birds tested positive in Henrico?

 

[Painted Calls]

I don't typically have many waterfowl this time of year, but the Canadian geese are constantly visiting.

 

[3KillerBs]

Did they say what kind of birds tested positive in Henrico?

https://www.ncagr.gov/paffairs/release/2022/HighPathAvianInfluenzadetectedinwildbirdinHydeCounty.htm

A "wild bird".

 

[Brooks_]

Sandhill cranes are the usual to migrate through here. I don't know how much concern I should have.

 

[ThinMintTheChicken]

I don't typically have many waterfowl this time of year, but the Canadian geese are constantly visiting.

Same. We get mass amounts of geese flying overhead in clumps of 50+ birds. This whole sickness really sucks, I'm really concerned for our flock (geese, ducks, turkeys, guineas, chickens) because we have close to 80-90 birds combined and 8 more chicks in our brooder. We do have a run for our older group + guineas but we will need to get another for our second coop. Luckily our chickens have been staying inside because of the heavy snow.

 

[Peas4Ducks]

Did they say what kind of birds tested positive in Henrico?

Does it make a difference?

(I feel like there's no way to word that question without it sounding snarky, but I promise that I mean it in a totally non-snarky way).

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Does it make a difference?

(I feel like there's no way to word that question without it sounding snarky, but I promise that I mean it in a totally non-snarky way).

Maybe so that they would know they're in the clear if the species that tested positive doesn't migrate over their area?