“Captive flocks”= commercial flocks? I’ve wondered about this too, because I’ve always assumed commercial operations have tight biosecurity. If that’s correct, I wonder if it’s human-spread? And commercial operations in states subsequent to NC’s wild fowl detection should have had a heads-up.
People and the things they use have a big role to play. That was shown in research in France after the last big outbreak there. Workers and their vehicles spread it inadvertently between barns within a premises and to other places in the local poultry/egg supply chain. Local hubs visited by workers from lots of commercial premises (e.g. to get food, bedding, pack eggs) then serve to spread it, so you get clusters of cases in an affected area.
Yes, captive meaning commercial.“Captive flocks”= commercial flocks? I’ve wondered about this too, because I’ve always assumed commercial operations have tight biosecurity. If that’s correct, I wonder if it’s human-spread? And commercial operations in states subsequent to NC’s wild fowl detection should have had a heads-up.
And I need a bag of feed! Figure I’ll wear my washable shoes, then throw them and my clothes in the washer (with bleach) which is right by the garage entrance. None of the items I intend to wear to TSC go near the chicken yard btw. Given my location in NC the risk probably isn’t huge, but I tend toward over-protective where my birds are concerned. Life in interesting times…
I started getting all my supplies online with delivery (from TSC) after COVID broke out, and have been doing that since... Looks like it's doubly useful now with this avian flu. Online all the way! The only thing I can't get online is pine shavings (in large enough quantities) and I'll need to go get more soon, so that's making me nervous
Think about all the places the TSC delivery vehicle goes, and then decide how far onto your property you want it to come. Or have you got a tyre wash for it to drive through?I started getting all my supplies online with delivery (from TSC) after COVID broke out, and have been doing that since... Looks like it's doubly useful now with this avian flu. Online all the way! The only thing I can't get online is pine shavings (in large enough quantities) and I'll need to go get more soon, so that's making me nervous
They put the bag on my front porch, which is right on the sidewalk. No vehicle comes in anywhere. I don’t have a driveway and my yard is fenced, so vehicles can’t get in. The truck just pulls up by the cub (on the opposite side of the street, as it’s a one-way street) and the guy just carries the package across the street and onto my porch, and plops it down by the door. It’s as distanced as possible, just because of how the layout of everything is in an urban neighborhood.
What I'm wondering is... how tight are the places that make chicken feed and wild bird feed?“Captive flocks”= commercial flocks? I’ve wondered about this too, because I’ve always assumed commercial operations have tight biosecurity. If that’s correct, I wonder if it’s human-spread? And commercial operations in states subsequent to NC’s wild fowl detection should have had a heads-up.
