Taranakian
Chirping
We don't have it, yet. Having made it to continental Antarctica suggests it's only a matter of time before it moves to NZ's sub-Antarctic islands, and then to the main islands.
I may provide supplements for my birds to boost their immune system, but we won't restrict their ranging any more than normal. How others manage their flock is none of my business.
A lot of people seem to make the mistake in believing that all of us "natural selection" types are ignorant of the fact that it could be our flock, our grandparents, us... Certainly plenty are, but also plenty are aware our birds can die (or in the case of other viruses, we/our loved ones could die).
I'm trying to eek out as natural a life as I can manage in a modern world that continues to vilify that very thing more and more every year for the sake of profits (at the top) and cheap gizmos to distract (at the bottom) both of which destroy the planet for every living thing. Part of nature is death - no matter how heartbreaking. I am capable of surviving heartbreak.
I don't think it's any more human, noble, or necessarily a better experience, by the way - it's just the experience I'm choosing to have.
I spent a lot of time reading research articles during the second year of Covid - accessed from Google Scholar not "billgatesisinjecting5ginourbloodstream.com" One thing that became very clear, very quickly is that a large number of small studies showed good results in using the herbs, spices, and other natural remedies that humans have used for treating illnesses since probably before we evolved into Homo sapiens. Things like garlic, cloves, green tea, echinacea, ginger, black pepper, eucalyptus, thyme, oregano and many, many others were shown to likely boost the immune system and shorten recovery for the virus. If they've been good enough to get humans to this stage of evolution, they're good enough for me. I also grow many of these things on my property, and an constantly expanding my edible/medicinal plant collection.
I'll do the same thing if/when bird flu gets here. I will inform myself the best way I can, I will provide what I can to boost my flock's immunity, and I will figure out how to make them more comfortable in their final hours if that is the way they have to go.
I may provide supplements for my birds to boost their immune system, but we won't restrict their ranging any more than normal. How others manage their flock is none of my business.
A lot of people seem to make the mistake in believing that all of us "natural selection" types are ignorant of the fact that it could be our flock, our grandparents, us... Certainly plenty are, but also plenty are aware our birds can die (or in the case of other viruses, we/our loved ones could die).
I'm trying to eek out as natural a life as I can manage in a modern world that continues to vilify that very thing more and more every year for the sake of profits (at the top) and cheap gizmos to distract (at the bottom) both of which destroy the planet for every living thing. Part of nature is death - no matter how heartbreaking. I am capable of surviving heartbreak.
I don't think it's any more human, noble, or necessarily a better experience, by the way - it's just the experience I'm choosing to have.
I spent a lot of time reading research articles during the second year of Covid - accessed from Google Scholar not "billgatesisinjecting5ginourbloodstream.com" One thing that became very clear, very quickly is that a large number of small studies showed good results in using the herbs, spices, and other natural remedies that humans have used for treating illnesses since probably before we evolved into Homo sapiens. Things like garlic, cloves, green tea, echinacea, ginger, black pepper, eucalyptus, thyme, oregano and many, many others were shown to likely boost the immune system and shorten recovery for the virus. If they've been good enough to get humans to this stage of evolution, they're good enough for me. I also grow many of these things on my property, and an constantly expanding my edible/medicinal plant collection.
I'll do the same thing if/when bird flu gets here. I will inform myself the best way I can, I will provide what I can to boost my flock's immunity, and I will figure out how to make them more comfortable in their final hours if that is the way they have to go.
