Re: Bird flu + preparedness + Anthrax

Ann <nntpmail@xxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:pan.2006.02.26.19.49.03.856597@xxxxxxxx:

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 15:16:19 +0000, Janet Baraclough wrote:

The message <pan.2006.02.26.14.22.46.145029@xxxxxxxx>
from Ann <nntpmail@xxxxxxxx> contains these words:

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 13:28:06 +0000, enigma wrote:

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but it appears that it might NOT be pointless if you aren't
trying to sell your chickens for meat or eggs, IOW it might save a
rare breed... or it might just give the gub'mint a lead to find &
kill one's chickens. damned if you do & damned if you don't :p

The good news is that the vaccine is being tried somewhere else, so
we can see if it works or not. Which may be moot anyway because I
haven't read anything about APHIS considering it. I really don't
see the USDA going around killing small flocks of chickens.

Wait until the US public views those small flocks as a health risk
to
themselves.

Most urban areas, chickens are considered livestock and it's not
permissible to keep them. And even here in my rural area, I don't
remember the last time I saw live poultry. In other words, the
majority of the public doesn't view (literally) small flocks, period.


It varies from town to town and county to county here in SoCal. Small
flocks are quite common and legal in the unincorporated areas here in San
Bernardino county regardless of population density. Some cities are even
flexible in their laws regarding chickens and other livestock.

My 100 year old grandmother lives in the unincorporated town of
Bloomington (over 3,000 people per sq mile) and you'll find chickens in
most backyards there. The incorporated city of Fontana is next door and
allows chickens in many of the older neighborhoods where lot sizes are
..25 acres or larger. I live in the desert near Joshua Tree Nat'l Park
and despite the lower density (<25 people per sq mile), I'd be surprised
if chickens were kept on more than 25-30% of the residences. We keep a
couple dozen at a time and we're definitely in the minority.

Bud
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