Has anyone heard about the bird flu outbreak?

For obvious reasons avian flus are nearly impossible to contain. Keep em home this year.

Droppings of (migrating) birds seem to bring the illness to other birdies.
So if there’s a way to shield your birds from that?
And drop this year’s showing?

Do not take your birds out. I suspect the competition will be cancelled.

CBS Boston has a few guidelines for protecting your birds. Good luck with your showing!!!

The UK has had Avian flu for several weeks now and all the precautions possible are being taken.

They have even ordered the movement of free running free range birds such as chicken to be moved and kept inside.

They have also ordered the words ‘Free Range’ to be taken off the packaging of eggs and replaced with the words ‘Barn Eggs’

Exact same measures has been set in place in the Netherlands.
Hundred thousands of birds have been destructed already.

Yes, but it’s been around for a while.

I do want to show the chickens this year but we will have to see.

From the link I provided…
Owners are asked to take steps to keep protect their free-range poultry, including keeping poultry indoors, feeding and watering birds indoors and preventing access to areas where poultry could come into contact with wild bird droppings. Owners are also asked to watch for early signs of illness.
I might be reading too much into that, but I would hope any showings would be “inside” & your birds wouldn’t be coming close to wild bird droppings.

Three wild birds have been documented 30 miles from me as dead from the bird flu. A hawk and two other birds dead !

Yeah I remember the bird flu, my dad got it once and it was hell for him. He was a broadcaster and he couldn’t go 5 seconds without puking his guts out, poor dad.

@LadyMarissa We don’t free range our birds unless we watch them. @vimead1 I hope your dad doesn’t get the bird flu again.

^^ Good idea!!! It seems like everybody free ranges now days.
This was on our news today. I’m sure that guy is devistated!!!