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Post by Mari-in-IN on May 28, 2015 13:43:47 GMT
My feed man was just here and mentioned they are cancelling fair shows/banning movement of chickens...I don't have television...Gonna have to Google this one later!
Anyone else heard this?
Any other states? Or just us?
Off to the garden now!
~Mari
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Post by copperkid3 on May 28, 2015 13:54:58 GMT
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Post by Mari-in-IN on May 29, 2015 2:07:12 GMT
Thanks for the link... Did some other reading as well. I feel sorry for the kids that work so hard and are so proud of their poultry-but I guess it is for the best! Crazy world we're livin' in... ~Mari |
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Post by manygoatsnmore on May 29, 2015 5:59:13 GMT
It sounds like Indiana isn't the only state - Iowa, Montana, Minnesota, too. Wondering if WA is going to do the same thing, with 2 strains found in the state this year.
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Post by aoconnor on May 29, 2015 11:50:18 GMT
Vary sad. I also feel bad for the kids who work so hard to exhibit...but it is for the best right now, and that is a lesson for them to learn...
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Post by farmchix on May 29, 2015 12:30:44 GMT
It's also going to start affecting things you wouldn't guess. So many of the food processors use dehydrated egg products in their batters, breadings, recipes, etc. I am in the food industry and even Tyson is putting out letters outlining the extent of damage. And, you guessed it, there will be more price increases. Wait until you see what is going to happen to chicken pricing....but you already knew that! LOL
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Post by katievt on May 29, 2015 14:00:16 GMT
*"The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has issued an order banning all live fowl competitions at the Great New York State Fair and at all county fairs in New York, Commissioner of Agriculture Richard A. Ball announced today. The order is the direct result of the continuing spread of strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Midwest.*
**At this point this ONLY effects the state and county fairs**
I'm expecting Vermont to follow suit at some point soon.
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Post by motdaugrnds on Jun 1, 2015 12:25:21 GMT
This is letting me know raising my own fowl is the only way to stay healthy....Can that disease come to one's place WITHOUT THE PURCHASE OF NEW FOWL?
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Post by bergere on Jun 1, 2015 13:27:29 GMT
Its brought in by wild birds.
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Post by graywolf on Jun 1, 2015 16:14:55 GMT
Also brought in by people. Use footbaths and keep people who don't have to be near your birds far away from them.
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Post by amylou on Jun 11, 2015 23:13:24 GMT
Just heard today that they canceled all poultry shows in Kansas too.
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Post by bergere on Jun 12, 2015 11:26:56 GMT
I honestly think, a lot of this is being spread by the inspectors going farm by farm.
Also hear of a lot more fairs that are not going to do poultry shows this year. Some States are starting to shut boarders down.
Why isn't any of this on the news?
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Post by aoconnor on Jun 12, 2015 11:46:53 GMT
I was wondering why it isn't on the news as well.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2015 14:18:00 GMT
It sounds like Indiana isn't the only state - Iowa, Montana, Minnesota, too. Wondering if WA is going to do the same thing, with 2 strains found in the state this year. Michigan added to this list. |
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Post by manygoatsnmore on Jun 15, 2015 21:11:35 GMT
I wonder why we haven't seen more coverage of this on the news, too. There's been a little, very little, but people are more interested in why our regional NAACP leader is claiming to be black, when she's white (she resigned today, BTW). Between that and 24/7 coverage of the prisoner escape in NY, I guess there isn't any room on the broadcasts for bird flu!
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Post by bergere on Jun 16, 2015 11:11:10 GMT
Maybe they don't want to panic the city people? Or they think us all too stupid to handle it?
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