Today I will be mostly taking down poultry runs. Time for a move to another pen for the birds.This keeps them healthy and reduces worms and other parasites. #Chickens #Poultry #SmallHolding

#chickens #poultry #smallholdings #homestead Does anyone have ideas for growing your own chicken feed ,if war comes to Europe or /and US hits the EU and UK with severe tariffs ,poultry feed is going to b e harder to get,theres often shortages of things like chick crumb already .I know way back crofters used oatmeal and potatos and that in the US squash were used I planted extra tatties and bought more squash ,but does anyone know what else I could grow for free ranging birds ?

Avian influenza detected at fourth poultry farm in Victoria's north east

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-02-25/fourth-poultry-farm-infected-bird-flu-euroa/104979220

1.8 million #farmed #birds have been #culled in #UK as part of #birdflu precautions, and restriction zones exist in several areas (there are 20 million farmed birds produced every week, about a third of the human population)

As yet it has not affected the price of #eggs or #poultry or caused major disruption even in rural areas (there are less warning signs and checkpoints around than in the previous outbreaks)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c391mpmr81xo

#cartoons #cartoon #comics #humour #comicstrip #quadrinhos #tiras #BD #vignette #satire
#jokes #funny #comedy #drawing #art #animals #birds #poultry

Oy. I was complaining about egg prices and today #Georgia, the biggest #poultry producer in the nation, shut down ALL poultry sales and activities due to the new #BirdFlu confirmed at a commercial producer. Quarantine is 2 wks at this point
#budget #economy #food

Chicken, eggs, even meat is about to spike in price by a lot

#cartoons #cartoon #comics #humour #comicstrip #quadrinhos #tiras #BD #vignette #satire
#jokes #funny #comedy #drawing #art #society #poultry #rooster #animals #birds #

Real estate sign along the highway on which hundreds of drought refugees and migrant workers travel. Riverside County, California

#RiversideCounty #California #ALITTLEFARM #POULTRY #undefined #photography #DorotheaLange

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017769760/

Avian #influenza A (#H5N1) virus in dairy #cattle: #origin, #evolution, and cross-species #transmission

Source: mBio, https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02542-24

ABSTRACT
Since the emergence of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) H5N1 of clade 2.3.4.4b as a novel reassortant virus from subtype H5N8, the virus has led to a massive number of outbreaks worldwide in wild and domestic birds. Compared to the parental HPAIV H5N8 clade 2.3.4.4b, the novel reassortant HPAIV H5N1 displayed an increased ability to escape species barriers and infect multiple mammalian species, including humans. The virus host range has been recently expanded to include ruminants, particularly dairy cattle in the United States, where cattle-to-cattle transmission was reported. As with the avian 2.3.4.4.b H5N1 viruses, the cattle-infecting virus was found to transmit from cattle to other contact animals including cats, raccoons, rodents, opossums, and poultry. Although replication of the virus in cows appears to be mainly confined to the mammary tissue, with high levels of viral loads detected in milk, infected cats and poultry showed severe respiratory disease, neurologic signs, and eventually died. Furthermore, several human infections with HPAIV H5N1 have also been reported in dairy farm workers and were attributed to exposures to infected dairy cattle. This is believed to represent the first mammalian-to-human transmission report of the HPAIV H5N1. Fortunately, infection in humans and cows, as opposed to other animals, appears to be mild in most cases. Nevertheless, the H5N1 bovine outbreak represents the largest outbreak of the H5N1 in a domestic mammal close to humans, increasing the risk that this already mammalian adapted H5N1 further adapts to human-to-human transmission and starts a pandemic. Herein, we discuss the epidemiology, evolution, pathogenesis, and potential impact of the recently identified HPAIV H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b in dairy cattle in the United States. Eventually, interdisciplinary cooperation under a One Health framework is required to be able to control this ongoing HPAIV H5N1 outbreak to stop it before further expansion of its host range and geographical distribution.

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#Hungary – High pathogenicity avian #influenza #H5N1 viruses (#poultry) (Inf. with) – Immediate notification

Source: WOAH, A poultry farm in Baranya Region. ____

https://etidioh.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/hungary-high-pathogenicity-avian-influenza-h5n1-viruses-poultry-inf-with-immediate-notification-5/

Also I automated egg detection and it's available on the chicken tab on my Home Assistant dashboard :P

Home Assistant config now available --->> https://gist.github.com/JohnMcLear/573f7d0d101bdfb5eb3fafb3bd5c1c70

Some hacking required yourself, it isn't plug and play but it's a good start :)

#Cluster of #Influenza A(#H5) Cases Associated with #Poultry #Exposure at Two Facilities — #Colorado, July 2024, MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep.: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/wr/mm7334a1.htm?s_cid=mm7334a1_e&ACSTrackingID=USCDC_921-DM135107&ACSTrackingLabel=This%20Week%20in%20MMWR%3A%20Vol.%2073%2C%20August%2029%2C%202024&deliveryName=USCDC_921-DM135107

As the prevalence of highly pathogenic avian influenza A(#H5N1) virus clade 2.3.4.4b genotype B3.13 increases, U.S. public health agencies should prepare to rapidly investigate and respond to illness in agricultural #workers, including workers with limited access to health care.

Republicans think #suing #poultry #companies for flooding #American #rivers with #bird #Poop killing #fish is somehow “#UnAmerican”.

If a company fills a #river with #birdpoop to the point that #fish in nearby lakes #asphyxiate, is it “un-American” to #sue them? #Facist #Oklahoma #Governor #KevinStitt thinks so.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Oklahoma #Environment #Conservation #WaterPollution #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate

https://newrepublic.com/post/182647/kevin-stitt-oklahoma-tyson-rivers

#introduction Proud keeper of a merry band of #chickens and #poultry here in the picturesque #countryside of #Yorkshire.

I have my own #land and grow as much of my own #food as the #slugs, #mice and #birds will allow.

I write about my #rare #breed chickens at https://cluckin.net and my #allotment at https://the-secret-garden.net/

Still don't have #bees

I find myself unfortunately in need of help finding a home for my flock of chickens. I'm moving from a small rural farm to a house in the city, and the arrangements I had previously made for the birds have fallen though.

The chickens are in the US in Virginia, and so I'm looking for anyone in any nearby state (including West Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Delaware, or even Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky) who could take them in. Basically anywhere I can reasonably drive them.

There are nine hens and a rooster, and they are all 8-11 years old, well past prime laying age. They need a place where they can live out their lives in safety and comfort. One of the hens is blind but has been blind for many years now and is fine as long as she has a roost bar to perch on with nearby food and water.

I am absolutely willing to pay for their feed and care, and I could even pay for and/or personally construct a coop/run for them to live in.

I've tried contacting nearby rescue organizations but the only one who is even accepting chickens has room for just a few of the hens. If you can help please email me at: chicken (at) npgr.com

(Boosts appreciated)

Went to the park today and took some poultry pics. Some of them were in their enclosure, others roamed around freely.

It impressed me how close the ones in the first and third pic let me get to them to take their picture

Golden Phoenix rooster, watercolor.

Art -https://www.etsy.com/listing/1107886041/golden-phoenix-rooster-art-print

#mastodon #AYearForArt #Art #artist #MastoArt #watercolor #wallart #FediArt #homedecor #painting #springintoart #artwork #animalart #birds #birdart #chickens
#buyintoart #farmanimals #fowl #barnyardanimal #poultry #hens #roosters #birdlovers #roosterart #watercolorbird #WatercolorRooster #GoldenPhoenixRooster

#ThrowbackThursday. I miss my poultry. I used to breed quail, for us to eat and for the eggs to sell/eat.

Quail chicks are tiny, like little bumblebees, and so fast.