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Correct me if I am wrong but bird flu is spread between birds in a flock, and so industrial, heavily concentrated flocks are breeding grounds for bird flu? So b
by voisin 4y ago
Correct me if I am wrong but bird flu is spread between birds in a flock, and so industrial, heavily concentrated flocks are breeding grounds for bird flu? So backyard chickens being more diverse, smaller flocks, would increase food security and reduce spread?
- amelius 4y agoNot exactly. Free birds can still spread the flu from one location to another, e.g. by dropping excrements.
- voisin 4y agoRight, but if you don’t mix flocks, how do they get their excrements from one backyard to another that is distant?
- Turing_Machine 4y agoChickens aren't the only birds that carry bird flu.
- amelius 4y agoI meant wild birds.
- bagels 4y agoYou have to contend with wild birds passing diseases to your chickens.