Bird flu got me...

[jigs_n_fixtures]

Idaho, now has two instances, on small personal flocks located in counties at the far ends of the state from each other.

 

[ponytug]

If you can, keep your birds inside for the duration, and disinfect hands and boots going in. Realistically as avian flu moves with wild birds, it is going to get to most places. I read today that at the moment it is doing a number on raptors, including bald eagles, in Minnesota.

I feel sorry for the birds that get it and for the folks raising them. Most folks that I know who raise livestock try really hard to be good stewards; nobody wants a sick or dying animal, much less having to euthanize a whole flock or herd.

All the best,

Peter

 

[Jstpssng]

If you can, keep your birds inside for the duration, and disinfect hands and boots going in. Realistically as avian flu moves with wild birds, it is going to get to most places. I read today that at the moment it is doing a number on raptors, including bald eagles, in Minnesota.

I feel sorry for the birds that get it and for the folks raising them. Most folks that I know who raise livestock try really hard to be good stewards; nobody wants a sick or dying animal, much less having to euthanize a whole flock or herd.

All the best,

Peter

That’s easier said than done. The whole purpose of raising my own birds is so they aren’t raised in an industrial type setting.
Having said that I have enough hoops from an old greenhouse to build (2) 20 foot Quonset huts, I plan to put those up with mesh to keep the birds contained. It will work somewhat with the chickens, but could turn into a mess with the turkeys.

 

[ruffdog]

A sick Bald Eagle had to be killed in Milwaukee.

Bird flu 2022: Bald eagle sick with avian flu euthanized in Wisconsin

 

[ponytug]

That’s easier said than done. The whole purpose of raising my own birds is so they aren’t raised in an industrial type setting.
Having said that I have enough hoops from an old greenhouse to build (2) 20 foot Quonset huts, I plan to put those up with mesh to keep the birds contained. It will work somewhat with the chickens, but could turn into a mess with the turkeys.

That sounds like a plan! We raise our own foods so as not to have the animals in intensive operations as well. Right now, I think that there aren't great options for raising birds, so you have to do the best you can and cross your fingers.

All the best,

Peter

 

[/pine]

China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu

The H3N8 variant has previously been detected elsewhere in the world in animals, but no human cases have been reported. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu...

 

[5030]

I've had the Histo-Plasmosis bug since I was a tyke from Grandma's chicken coop. Once you get it you have it forever.

 

[arizona98tj]

We got our meat chickens a week ago. Lost one thus far, 2nd night, but doubt it was bird flue. Not uncommon to have one die within a day or two of them arriving. Getting shipped USPS can't be the easiest thing for them to endure although they do ship a lot of them that way. We got a dozen which is enough for the Mrs. and me when you add in the meat from deer season.

 

[Jstpssng]

We got our meat chickens a week ago. Lost one thus far, 2nd night, but doubt it was bird flue. Not uncommon to have one die within a day or two of them arriving. Getting shipped USPS can't be the easiest thing for them to endure although they do ship a lot of them that way. We got a dozen which is enough for the Mrs. and me when you add in the meat from deer season.

I've given up on having them shipped here, I've lost too many over the years. I can get my money back but still have to eat the postage; plus I really don't like dealing with a box of dead birds.
I travel about 200 miles downstate and pick them up down there; it saves 1-2 days in the mail that way.

Last year I picked my chickens up then visited with my mother, after putting the birds in the garage with a heat lamp. When I packed them up I discovered a bird had gotten under the gallon waterer when I set it down; and had stayed there for 7 hours. I was POed at myself but when I picked it up it was still struggling. Placing it in a Dixie cup to separate it from the other birds, I put it in the box and headed home. By the time I got there the bird had revived and jumped out of the cup; I couldn't even tell which of the 26 it was.

 

[bigtiller]

The chicken ranch I worked at as a young teen had a job that only the old guy was allowed to do.
Unboxing cases of 100 baby chicks.
He would turn the box upside down and gently remove all the cardboard.
But the chicks wouldn't move, they would stay in a pile.
He had to stick his hands into the warm soft pile of chicks and spread them apart so they wouldn't suffocate.
He said that feeling of warm fuzzy babies was the most enjoyable part of the job.