In fact, errors aren’t magnified by the birds’ movements, but washed away. The flock shows what physicists call scale-free correlations, which “is like a game of telephone where information ...

Goetze: A large and seemingly nervous flock of red-winged blackbirds happened to fly by my location one afternoon.

was first detected in wild bird flocks in January 2022, and in commercial poultry operations and backyard flocks a month later. As of February 2025, USDA estimates that around 156 million birds ...

Jake Vlaminck's family operates Fahlun Farms, which was hit hard by the flu in 2023. That's when he decided to buy a laser to ...

At hen houses like this, avian flu can spread rapidly among the flock and lead to the loss of thousands of birds. Agricultural officials across the state are urging people who keep domestic poultry to ...

RICHMOND, Vt. (WCAX) - All it takes is one infected chicken to kill an entire flock. Now, Vermont farmers are pulling out the stops to make sure their birds aren’t next. Lindsay St. Pierre ...

“But they are clearing it, which we didn’t know would happen.” Backyard flock owners should closely monitor their birds for these signs and take immediate action if they suspect AI.

AND HOW DOES IT SPREAD TO HUMANS? HUMANS USUALLY GET BIRD FLU FROM DIRECT EXPOSURE TO INFECTED ANIMALS, SO FARM WORKERS OR PEOPLE WHO KEEP BACKYARD FLOCKS ARE AT THE HIGHEST RISK. ON FARMS ...