LOS ANGELES county CA under bird quarantine :(

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I trust that my friend at the USDA is following bio security protocols as she has been working as an animal health technician for the last 15 years, but I have seen poor bio security by some of the testers and depopulators.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Poor bio security measures on the owner’s part, closeness to infected flocks, the birds coming in contact with wild birds that shed the virus, buying at swap meets, etc.

I’m not buying the “bio security” bit. If people were actually honest not that many change shoes to go to feed stores. It just doesn’t happen. The swap meet I would definitely believe. The wild birds yep. So.. if the wild birds are shedding the disease the gamefowl angle is they just have so many the likelihood of one of their birds becoming infected is higher than someone with 6 RIR. That I can understand.

 

[roosterhavoc]

I trust that my friend at the USDA is following bio security protocols as she has been working as an animal health technician for the last 15 years, but I have seen poor bio security by some of the testers and depopulators.

Nah I mean just general chicken keepers. Most people are busy with work, feed chickens run back out for something etc.. Many live in AG areas where chickens are everywhere. Hell the mailman walks in everyone’s yard around here and I have chickens and a few neighbors down the road about 1/4 do too.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Well I feel bad for the people that have already had their birds killed and those that still may. Seems like it’s not being handled very well at all. Kinda seems like they have no idea what they’re doing. For their approach to work you would have to kill every bird in a much larger area and even then that would just give them better odds of it not spreading. A damn shame to kill people’s birds like they’re doing. I’d be going straight to jail if a bunch of clowns showed up like that in that poor woman’s video.

 

[lissalischicks]

@Kathy Golla I'm ok. Thanks for asking. I am still nervous about this whole thing. This whole thing is so frustrating. I've just been quietly following along this post and another facebook page. I am going on vacation in a few weeks and just hoping nothing happens while I am gone.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I read several scientific studies about vND. It can be spread by wild birds, esp waterfowl. Domestic poultry are, for some reason, highly affected by it. Symptoms might notapoear at all in wild birds/waterfowl. Our backyard flocks are just as susceptible as commercial operations, say the experts.

While that makes sense, what doesn't make sense is how it hasn't managed to affect birds all up and down the western coast of North America via migration patterns. I searched for answers, but I couldn't find anything answering that specific question.

I also read that Lysol brand disinfectants kill vND, as does bleach. I corresponded with an ornithologist @ UC Davis. He suggested bird netting to keep wild birds out of my run and using Lysol on clothes, shoes, etc after visiting any place that received/sold shipped birds and not letting any other flock owners visit your flocks.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Pigeons are also very susceptible to vND.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Pigeons are also very susceptible to vND.

Does the climate especially in SoCal have any effect? This has happened a few times now. You don’t see this on the east coast.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Does the climate especially in SoCal have any effect? This has happened a few times now. You don’t see this on the east coast.

It’s very possible that the warmer climate makes an ideal breeding ground for the disease to manifest and spread. Not to mention a large concentration of factory farms that allow the disease to spread rapidly. I will ask my friend once she is back from deployment.

 

[Kathy Golla]

@lissalischicks please hang in there. We are pulling for you, you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Stay strong.