Wow! On top of houses?!?!?! That's crazy. I took this picture to send a friend the other day, asking her to "count the drakes". The other day we had 8, yes eight Mallard drakes here and their favorite places to hang out are on the island (pictured) or close by to my duck house. These boys are all here to "force their love" on the poor sitting hen whenever she comes off the nest.Well AI is over the Rockies, two cases in two different counties in southern Idaho.And of course my girls made a break for it while I was changing their water yesterday. Thankfully they have a good recall (aided with a little bit of scratch) so they were back in the run quick lol. I have a good set up to contain them and coop shoes, but still stressful! Lots of waterfowl around; geese on top of houses and mallards nesting around the neighborhood.
The Canada Goose pair are also still here. I really hope I marked my calendar incorrectly because I had their hatch day set for this past Wednesday and that has come and gone. If I remember correctly, h5n1 is not so easy on Canada Geese unlike Mallards and will impact hatching eggs if exposed to the virus. Don't quote me on that, because I may be wrong. We've had so much going on here so I have no clue where that information comes from. I do remember seeing multiple Canada Geese on the APHIS report that were collected as deceased birds. Anyone else remember this from anywhere or hearing something different?
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