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RobertsonUglyNohow t1_j8oiys4 wrote

What is a "WOAH Non-Poultry" flock type? Are those wild birds? Pet birds? Non-bird detections?

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Shoddy_Ebb_9299 t1_j8ov1n7 wrote

World Organisation for Animal Health. Non poultry are those not bred for meat or eggs.

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pezdedorado t1_j8puajf wrote

Birds the some people keep as egg laying “pets” are also considered non-poultry by WOAH. Also considered backyard flocks, those birds do not have trade implications for commercial livestock, so they do not rise to the poultry status.

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-in_the_wind_ t1_j8oyy1e wrote

The Benton county Washington one (the most recent) was in someone’s small flock of backyard chickens. Source- I live here and also have chickens. As a result residents have been asked to register their flocks and the feed stores are posting info about how to report dead birds.

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RobertsonUglyNohow t1_j8pfnb8 wrote

The site lists over 50 incidents of Non-Poultry flocks listed with size greater than 100 (the largest is 2000). Those seem pretty big for hobbyist operations.

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jrrfolkien t1_j8pxx8o wrote

100 really isn't as big as you'd think. My brother has kept over 30 as a small, part-time hobby in a space no larger than an average living room, and it's consumed very little of his time. I could see an individual keeping 100 with a yard and just a little more time

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KathyBatesLoofah t1_j8pccxt wrote

Interesting…would be strange if EP-Ohio happened to be the US’s largest chicken/egg producer and we needed a way to….you know…forcibly deter consumption en mass for awhile or ‘start fresh’

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