Bird flu in Washington?!?!

[Pierre duck drake]

We just found out that bird flu is in Washington! We are going to get three seramas (they are from a show) but with flu should we still get them? And what can we do to keep our flock from getting it? If our flock gets bird flu, will we need to kill them all?

 

[SeaChickens]

Where did you hear there was a case in Washington State? I have been checking the news and the closest I've seen is Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

[sierraforest]

Like @SeaChickens I've seen that it's in B.C. https://odanews.wpengine.com/oda-pr...influenza-is-confirmed-in-the-pacific-flyway/. Not that that's comforting, given how widely it's spread from the East Coast since January, but at least that's a source of information.

 

[telandra2]

Just got an alert there is a case in Spokane County. https://agr.wa.gov/about-wsda/news-...-releases?article=35077&embedded_webview=true

Now that it's here do I need feed store specific shoes in the car? My flock wanders through the front yard where I could potentially be tracking vectors on my shoes.

 

[Keeper]

I would keep your chickens in a covered run, enclosed so no wild birds can enter (covered on top so wild birds' poop can't land in there). Free roaming your chickens really ups their chances of getting sick right now. DEFINITELY don't wear your feed store shoes anywhere NEAR where the chickens are.

We've always had had separate "at home" yard/chicken shoes, just cheap gardening clogs we can slip on that we never wear out past our property. I'm now upping this to confining the birds completely and we'll be using slip on disposable booties for going in to the coop/run.

 

[Pickensandchigs]

That whole thing is Hogwash.. pure unadulterated lies.

 

[lynnrushing]

Herbal Medicine Additives as Powerful Agents to Control and Prevent Avian Influenza Virus in Poultry – A Review https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/aoas-2019-0043​

 

[ChknLove]

Add herbal ingredients that are proven to stimulate the immune response, and either prevent or lessen the symptoms of viral outbreaks like elderberries, lemon balm, echinacea, licorice root, spilanthes & boneset flowers etc: administer as a decoction (boil for 20 mins things like seeds, bark & roots); or an infusion (steep in near boiling water for 20 mins leaves and flowers) and put in the chicken's water supply.