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Post by Mumsey on Mar 29, 2022 6:23:49 GMT -5
Get ready for higher prices on turkey, chicken and eggs. And less supply. Due to bird flu. 5.3 million birds destroyed so far just in Iowa and cases continue to pop up.
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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 29, 2022 6:42:03 GMT -5
They should have the birds wear masks and social distance.
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Post by reuben on Mar 29, 2022 6:58:17 GMT -5
They should have the birds wear masks and social distance. They'd just get in their 18 wheelers, drive to DC, and mess up the already messed up traffic. Ted Cruz would get in a truck with one and ride around for a while.
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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 29, 2022 7:13:01 GMT -5
Just wonder that they don't have a vaccine yet, as they do for Mareks, Newcastle, infectious bronchitis, infectious laryngotracheitis, fowl pox, fowl cholera, mycoplasma gallisepticum, infectious bursal disease, encephalomyelitis and salmonella. Chicks get the vaccines based on what is endemic in the area and the conditions under which they are kept. Most are a few cents a bird.
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Post by emmsmommy on Mar 29, 2022 8:35:59 GMT -5
Now I'm a bit sad that I'm not ready for chickens this year.
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Post by gianna on Mar 29, 2022 14:20:04 GMT -5
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Post by gianna on Mar 29, 2022 21:07:03 GMT -5
Here is a map, updated yesterday, on the distribution of HPAI H5N1 in the US, wild and domestic. www.usgs.gov/centers/nwhc/science/distribution-highly-pathogenic-avian-influenza-north-america-20212022#overview About 20 years ago, it was feared that H5N1 bird flu would lead to a human pandemic. Over past couple decades there have been hundreds of cases of H5N1 in humans with a high death rate - about 40%. In the early 2,000s, there was even some very, very limited human to human transmission, mostly in SE Asia. Thailand IIRC. Most of the cases were in people who worked closely with poultry, even the birds living in the home. Deaths occurred in several countries. None in N.America. There now is a human vaccine for H5N1, 'just in case', but I'd guess for different strains/sequences than the current virus in the US. According to one article, the last known case in humans was in India last year. I doubt there is anything to worry about with this for people. Just refrain from kissing dead birds, wild or domestic. edit: Here's an article from today about bird flu in the US and Canada: www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/03/more-avian-flu-poultry-6-states-ontario-farms-also-hit
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Post by gardendmpls on Mar 29, 2022 23:34:45 GMT -5
Just refrain from kissing dead birds, wild or domestic.
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Post by Mumsey on Apr 1, 2022 5:40:01 GMT -5
I didn't realize there was such a shortage of cat food! Hopefully it won't extend to dog food too.
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Post by gardendmpls on Apr 1, 2022 6:55:34 GMT -5
I didn't realize there was such a shortage of cat food! I've been getting mine on Amazon. They are always out of different flavors, but they eventually come in. Keep my eye out and order when I see it. Cheaper than in the grocery store and I don't have to schlep it.
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Post by Latitude33 on Apr 16, 2022 22:24:26 GMT -5
So, Mom was right?
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Post by claude on Apr 18, 2022 10:42:05 GMT -5
So...I’m not letting my girls free range and they storm the door when i try to feed them...
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Post by gardendmpls on Apr 19, 2022 1:09:37 GMT -5
When I go out to the coop, I open the door to the run a crack and toss a piece of bread across to the far side. They all head after it in a chicken stampede and I can slip in and close the door behind me.
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Post by emmsmommy on Jun 20, 2022 23:15:34 GMT -5
Other than the occasional empty spot where hubby's lunch meat should be and difficulty finding canned cat food, the shortages haven't affected us much. Been eating something or other out of the garden for over a month and stocking up on meat when it's on sale (though I do find myself eating less of it). I keep discovering new thing to forage and am buying eggs from one of the moms at school as she's only asking $1.50 per dozen. I've been making tinctures and elixirs from my herbs as I'm becoming more and more convinced of their benefits. No I don't think we could totally survive on garden produce and foraged foods, but I think as long as I have a good supply of staples stocked up, we could manage.
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Post by gardendmpls on Jun 21, 2022 9:06:01 GMT -5
she's only asking $1.50 per dozen. That's a very good deal. My poultry feed has gone up from $13.99 to $19.99 a bag and I use around 5 bags a month. Also need wood shavings and a few other things. Luckily they love the weeds I dump into their pen, kitchen scraps, slugs, snails and other miscellaneous bugs.
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