How are you preventing Avian Flu in your flock?

[OffGridChook]

I am worried about my chickens, but moreso about my parrots and finches. I'm almost considering selling off my chickens to keep my parrots safe. I have invested thousands in my parrots and it would be devastating to have them seized and euthanized because my chickens contracted it.
I will be taking care to ensure that shoes are not swapped between my coop and other areas.

I would be scared, too. They are very expensive and have such personalities. More like family members. My stepfather used to raise African Greys, Cockatoos and a couple types of Amazons. The care was constant. I surely hope nothing happens. (

 

[Karasu]

Und o
S'd be freaking out right there on the coast with a bunch of expensive parrots. If you do not get rid of the chickens then at least make a biosecurity plan showing two levels of protection..... in writing with all the particulars and pictures. Partition them off so it's like two different operations that cannot interact. The parrots with security level one and the chickens over there at security level two. It will be of practical use and might save you if it ever becomes an issue with the agencies. Ya never know how stuff like this can play out.

Very sound idea. Thanks.

 

[Karasu]

I would be scared, too. They are very expensive and have such personalities. More like family members. My stepfather used to raise African Greys, Cockatoos and a couple types of Amazons. The care was constant. I surely hope nothing happens. (

Absolutely. Not only the financial loss, but the personal loss would be devastating.

 

[igorsMistress]

you say it in post 32, but you don't give a link to where it's reported. Can you post please?

There are a handful of reports of it in sparrow and a few other animals across Europe; I posted a recent review of the 'evidence' for lockdowns here https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/avian-influenza.1511641/
Keeping things in proportion is a good idea.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/3/07-1410-t1
Here’s perspective, I posted in another thread, apologies.

 

[Perris]

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/3/07-1410-t1
Here’s perspective, I posted in another thread, apologies.

The main thing I get from that article is that they were captive animals, in a rescue centre. Some of the worst outbreaks here have been in similar circumstances, because well-meaning people take sick wild birds they stumble across there, and thereby introduce the disease that made the bird sick; the biosecurity at the centre is usually not good enough (especially before it's known that AI is about) to stop the spread between cages, and the other animals at the rescue centre are captive so can't avoid exposure. Spread among wild birds is quite different.

 

[OffGridChook]

Western Iowa cases confirmed. https://www.kmaland.com/news/state-...cle_adf8a4a4-9a5f-11ec-9d33-bf6057258bc9.html

 

[igorsMistress]

The main thing I get from that article is that they were captive animals, in a rescue centre. Some of the worst outbreaks here have been in similar circumstances, because well-meaning people take sick wild birds they stumble across there, and thereby introduce the disease that made the bird sick; the biosecurity at the centre is usually not good enough (especially before it's known that AI is about) to stop the spread between cages, and the other animals at the rescue centre are captive so can't avoid exposure. Spread among wild birds is quite different.

Granted they were captive birds but it speaks to the possibilities. If you look at the flyways they all begin overlap in the south, then spread out across the US as they go north for the summer. So the possibility that it spreads among wild birds is definitely there, and not just waterfowl.

I’d find it interesting to learn how the captive flocks here in the US got it. It hasn’t been reported that wild geese or ducks wandered among them and that’s what did it.

 

[3KillerBs]

I’d find it interesting to learn how the captive flocks here in the US got it. It hasn’t been reported that wild geese or ducks wandered among them and that’s what did it.

Yes, I would very much like to know this.

I have had migrating geese overhead here where I am. There's no pond closer than a quarter mile, but there are a number of ponds within a mile or two.

 

[OffGridChook]

Stoddard County, MO (SE) confirmed https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/avian-influenza-found-in-stoddard-co-commercial-flock/ar-AAUCKvE

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Stoddard County, MO (SE) confirmed https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/avian-influenza-found-in-stoddard-co-commercial-flock/ar-AAUCKvE

Well poop.