Briza
Chirping
Whether you hate them or not the USDA has a job to do and the only boneheaded move they have made is to not get on this faster and shut down interstate movement of birds until this is over. Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, etc.... are a few examples of states where grown birds, eggs or chicks were shipped and now have this devastating virus. As for my farm, I allow no visitation and never have, birds taken to shows are quarantined for weeks before reintroduction to the main population this is the only wise thing to do. I will not show nor will I buy, sell or otherwise until this as completely passed. While Oklahoma has yet to have a positive test for AI in this outbreak we have border states that have seen this come to pass and I do not want it here. Each person here is culpable for the decisions they make and have to live with them, if you wish to test the statistical odds then so be it, I will play it safe and continue to raise my birds as securely as I possibly can and when this is all over hope that shows are still allowed and that interstate shipping and moving of non-commercial birds is a reality.
Did I miss something? This map doesn't have any of those states on it. As far as I knew, there was no bird flu in those states.