Oregon

[councilwoods]

Eastern Oregon here!!

 

[LittleRedCoop53]

Bird Flu in Douglas county

I heard it's bad in Winston OR.

 

[only1bgirl]

No I didn't try hatching any, I'm at the city limit of five birds already. I did look for the bullseye though and thought I saw it in a few of the eggs.
Okay so what's with the bird flu? Do they act sick and what should we keep an eye out for?

 

[OR4-hmom]

Bird Flu in Douglas county

So far only 1 case. The property has a pond and wetlands that are visited by migrating waterfowl. Unfortunately the domestic chickens, ducks and geese were infected and were destroyed. Please pardon me if I get the numbers wrong but they were found to be carrying the N5H8 virus, that is not transferable to humans. Wouldn't make me feel much better if I was loosing my birds though.

 

[BlueJayFarm]

So far only 1 case. The property has a pond and wetlands that are visited by migrating waterfowl. Unfortunately the domestic chickens, ducks and geese were infected and were destroyed. Please pardon me if I get the numbers wrong but they were found to be carrying the N5H8 virus, that is not transferable to humans. Wouldn't make me feel much better if I was loosing my birds though.

I would freak out. OHSU would have to get involved!

 

[Suzierd]

Yes only one flock as far as I know and they seemed most concerned about keeping chickens away fron water fowl. I can't seem to keep the little birds out of my runs, dang things are like mice but they get in and can't get back out.

 

[tridentk9]

Capitol Press articles. http://www.capitalpress.com/Oregon/20141219/avian-flu-found-in-southern-oregon

I'm sorry, I have to put each in a separate post- between kindle and internet burps I keep losing posts.

 

[tridentk9]

http://www.capitalpress.com/Nation_...-poultry-industry-braces-for-bird-flu-fallout

12-22 article

 

[tridentk9]

And the last one from this paper. http://www.capitalpress.com/Washington/20141226/washington-steps-up-testing-for-bird-flu-in-the-wild

 

[Suzierd]

Thanks for the info Trident wow they had 100 birds more then I thought. Anyone else have trouble keeping the little birds out of their runs?