I am worried about migrating birds too.
I to carry a can of Lysol in my car at all times.I am way over here in Colorado but given the seriousness of this am increasing my security measures.
Shoes will be sprayed with Lysol and left in the car for feed store trips. Yup special shoes for feed stores.
Actually for EVERY store since bird keepers need other things too.
Special shoes for coop and run only also Lysol sprayed and kept in my little workshop.
My kids are allowed to play in the dirt and I don't worry so much about human germs but I am a germaphobe when it comes to chicken diseases.
I thought maybe I was a weirdo.
I sure hope soThe problem is on how easy the disease is spread
"Virulent Newcastle disease spreads when healthy birds come in direct contact with bodily fluids from sick birds. The disease affects almost all birds and poultry, even vaccinated poultry. The virus can travel on manure, egg flats, crates, other farming materials or equipment, and people who have picked up the virus on their clothing, shoes, or hands." - from USDA website
With that statement the concen for me is I go to feed stores where other chicken owners get supplies so you can possibly get it from them. I get live mealworms in Comptom. Correction USED to get them. They found vND in Compton so I will not be going there anymore. Luckily I have separate chicken shoes which I only wear to their area. BUT the USDA states it can get on cloths too. I heard that a few cities over from where I live (which is about 20 minutes), there are underground cock fighting rings..... so my alarm bells are going off.
Ok so the worrywart part of me is on overdrive. Sorry for the rambling..... after all I may just get lucky and it passes by without hitting me
Me, too. My birds free range, so I can't keep all wild birds away. And since I leave their run open during the day, birds get in there sometimes, too. I have been looking at ways to keep them out, though, like the dog door I have in my screen door. It's made of screen material, so it lets in air and light, but it's fine enough to keep out bugs (and birds). The dog just pushes it open with her nose. I am thinking I could train chickens to do the same.
