HPAI anyone had experience with this in a duck flock or had free range ducks in an area with cases of it?

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My15Ducks said:
I’m also in Hawaii and I’m so concerned about my ducks. I just made them a big 100 x 150 ft pasture and I hate to think I have to confine them to protect them.

I would be interested to hear any tips, ideas, experiences from people who live in states or countries that have been dealing with bird flu for awhile.

It sounds like the ducks here in Hawaii may have been infected by zebra doves, which are extremely common here. That’s very concerning to me.

So far I’ve come up with some ideas based on my research, but I don’t know if this will be enough or even if it’s necessary.

Disinfect car tires & shoes when arriving at our farm.

Cover the duck pasture with a nylon net to keep doves and other small birds out. But is a net good enough or if bird poop falls through the net can my ducks still get sick?

Feed fermented feed and other natural anti virals (herbs, etc) to help fight off viruses.

Treat our catchment water with chlorine to kill viruses from wild birds.

The thought of my ducks getting sick, or of the government murdering my ducks is making me sick to my stomach.
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My problem is we have a fairly small yard... they have a pen that's 10x7 roughly, but I don't have much room to expand it. So far, eliminating the water sources and only feeding them in the pen has helped reduce wild birds by a lot, but nothing is 100%
 
Lauraduck said:
My problem is we have a fairly small yard... they have a pen that's 10x7 roughly, but I don't have much room to expand it. So far, eliminating the water sources and only feeding them in the pen has helped reduce wild birds by a lot, but nothing is 100%
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The small yard will make it easier to cover up with a net. That should keep the wild birds out. I’m also switching to feeding my ducks in the evening when there are fewer wild birds around.

My problem is my pasture is so big that I would need a massive net. Or since I have smaller paddocks that I rotate the ducks between, I could get a smaller net and cover one section at a time
 
My15Ducks said:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...hicken-run-for-avian-influenza.1518291/page-6

I found this thread about poultry run covers. Unfortunately it sounds like you need a solid waterproof cover and nets aren’t good enough
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I just spoke to some friends who are chicken farmers- they use LAB (lactic acid bacteria serum) in their chicken habitat. I have been using this is my yard as well and it's been working out great. Anyway they said spraying everything with the LAB is probably the single most important thing you can do to help keep everyone healthy, aside from reducing the wild bird population. You can google KNF and LAB and read up on it. It's very well researched.
 
Lauraduck said:
I just spoke to some friends who are chicken farmers- they use LAB (lactic acid bacteria serum) in their chicken habitat. I have been using this is my yard as well and it's been working out great. Anyway they said spraying everything with the LAB is probably the single most important thing you can do to help keep everyone healthy, aside from reducing the wild bird population. You can google KNF and LAB and read up on it. It's very well researched.
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Thanks I’ll look that up. Keep in mind that ducks can survive bird flu. Not all will die and the ones who survive will hopefully have some immunity. However if you report a dead bird and it tests positive, the authorities will probably kill all your birds.

Another thing I think we should do is contact all our local law makers and tell them that mass culling of infected flocks is not the solution. Maybe that’s a controversial opinion but I’m going to be contacting everyone: mayor, governor, senator, reps, and telling them this is unacceptable.
 

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