LOS ANGELES county CA under bird quarantine :(

[Brahma Chicken5000]

State Vet may eradicate all flocks in So California to stop New Castle.

https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/Anima...7vcEMqd_PrpMRwh4Vje4Kyw1mOqs_v4aeNn4x4rb9Gqck

https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/ahfss/Anima...7vcEMqd_PrpMRwh4Vje4Kyw1mOqs_v4aeNn4x4rb9Gqck

It’s a necessary evil to prevent the disease from spreading to other states.

 

[Aunt Angus]

What I don't get is how hard it is to find information. And I'm actively looking for it. It'd be easy for people to miss all of this. I know the authorities have been pretty active in SoCal, but I'm in NorCal. And I have neighbors who have chickens who don't go to shows, or vets, or chicken boards. What a mess.

 

[Aunt Angus]

So resources I've read say that you need to keep wild birds away from your flock. I can do that, but my flock would be confined. And likely miserable. I'm wondering if I should confine them. I certainly don't want them to be euthanized and I absolutely don't want to contribute to the spread of vND, but I also don't want to torture my chicken girls.

Just typing my thoughts, here. But I read about our friends in SoCal, and the proverbial writing on the wall is coming into focus for NorCal now that we're hearing about Redwood City, and Tracy, and Fremont....

 

[Kiki]

So I spoke with my friend in the USDA and she said she can’t tell me everything that is going on. She has told me certain details that she said not to reveal. I don’t want her to lose her job. I hope you guys can understand.

Spill it!
She won't know you told us.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Spill it!
She won't know you told us.

Sorry Kiki my lips are sealed

 

[Kiki]

Sorry Kiki my lips are sealed

You stink.


Make a new account real quick.
Tell us what you know there and then no one will know it's you.


I will delete this post so don't quote it.

 

[micstrachan]

I’m just sick about this. There is a flock of juncos that was in my chicken pen all the time last year until I got it full enclosed in hardware cloth. They hadn’t been around in months, but now that spring is upon us, they go in through the gate while the flock is freeranging. I tell my border collie, “Go get the little birds,” and she enthusiastically chases them out.
I’ve alerted my mountain community (actually, had already brought it to their attention last week before it came up here). I’m going to call my local feedstore, too. I am worried about wildlife spreading it, too. This could end up having huge consequences. Where I live, just a few of the local, visible-on-a-regular basis birds we see include pigeons, wind turkeys, hawks, crows, ravens, scrub jays, woodpeckers, lots of finches and other small birds, Canada geese, mallard ducks... the list goes on and on. Mostly concerned about the ducks, turkeys and pigeons... and all the idiots who keep moving their fowl.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

No dice Kiki. She only told me 1 thing. It’s not that big of a deal.

 

[Kiki]

They are recommending or maybe insisting that no birds free range right now.
I'd follow the orders if I were in Cali.

 

[Kiki]

No dice Kiki. She only told me 1 thing. It’s not that big of a deal.