50,000,000 and climbing

[JABIII]

[Calibogue]

Which begs the question, will the feds allow us to complete this year's waterfowl season? Or, is it just not that big of a deal?

[bitesize]

Weird thing is that I’ve gotten reports from friends up to the North that have more birds than they have seen/held in 50 years.

[Moose843]

Are they talking ducks/geese or chickens/turkeys or all birds combined? And did the avian flu kill the birds or did the government force the farmers to kill them? Did these birds die or were they killed on the threat of catching the flu? Pretty vague statement.

[JABIII]

CHICAGO, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Avian flu has wiped out 50.54 million birds in the United States this year, making it the country's deadliest outbreak in history, U.S. Department of Agriculture data showed on Thursday.

The deaths of chickens, turkeys and other birds represent the worst U.S. animal-health disaster to date, topping the previous record of 50.5 million birds that died in an avian-flu outbreak in 2015.

Birds often die after becoming infected. Entire flocks, which can top a million birds at egg-laying chicken farms, are also culled to control the spread of the disease after a bird tests positive.

Losses of poultry flocks sent prices for eggs and turkey meat to record highs, worsening economic pain for consumers facing red-hot inflation and making Thursday's Thanksgiving celebrations more expensive in the United States. Europe and Britain are also suffering their worst avian-flu crises, and some British supermarkets rationed customers' egg purchases after the outbreak disrupted supplies.

The U.S. outbreak, which began in February, infected flocks of poultry and non-poultry birds across 46 states, USDA data show. Wild birds like ducks transmit the virus, known as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), through their feces, feathers or direct contact with poultry.

"Wild birds continue to spread HPAI throughout the country as they migrate, so preventing contact between domestic flocks and wild birds is critical to protecting U.S. poultry," said Rosemary Sifford, the USDA's chief veterinary officer.

Farmers struggled to keep the disease and wild birds out of their barns after increasing security and cleaning measures following the 2015 outbreak. In 2015, about 30% of the cases were traced directly to wild bird origins, compared to 85% this year, the USDA told Reuters.

Government officials are studying infections at turkey farms, in particular, in hopes of developing new recommendations for preventing infections. Turkey farms account for more than 70% of the commercial poultry farms infected in the outbreak, the USDA said.

People should avoid unprotected contact birds that look sick or have died, though the outbreak poses a low risk to the general public, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

https://www.reuters.com/business/hea...rd-2022-11-24/

[JABIII]

I don't trust much I read or anything I hear from Fedgov, but having personally contracted this shit in the '90's from biting duck heads, I promise that you don't want to be handling infected ducks...

[pee dee]

Biden will come up
With a vaccine

[DRDUCK]

And Pizer will make it.

[Relentlous]

I don't trust much I read or anything I hear from Fedgov, but having personally contracted this shit in the '90's from biting duck heads, I promise that you don't want to be handling infected ducks...

Oh damn I bit a few this week. I’ll think twice now

[Calibogue]

I warned someone about that years ago.... They bit heads at Bear Island and had it coming out both ends the next morning!
Cue Gbelly....

[BOGSTER]

The ole head whop on the side of the boat is my go to.

[Hoggin]

Jam a thumb into their skull and crush it

[CurLee]

The ole head whop on the side of the boat is my go to.

Or toe of the boot. Works for ducks, doves, rabbits, squirrels.....

[Duckkiller]

I use to bite them, got fake fronts now, then I started banging them on the stock. Gave that up for a “finisher”. Best thing I’ve purchased.

[Johnny Reb]

The ole head whop on the side of the boat is my go to.

After reading your post I can hear that sound now on the side of my HighTide gunwale.


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[Gregory]

I have been wondering why I haven't seen any large flocks of blackbirds.

[Catdaddy]

I have been wondering why I haven't seen any large flocks of blackbirds.

Or blue jays

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[Sportin' Woodies]

I warned someone about that years ago.... They bit heads at Bear Island and had it coming out both ends the next morning!
Cue Gbelly....

"Sometimes gansta shit is worth the diarrhea"
-Donald trump

[2thDoc]

he missed a good cold dove hunt that morning....

[GBelly]

Earned me 7 days in the hospital and the center piece of a CDC case study.

I wear latex gloves cleaning ducks most of the time now.