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Georgia’s bird nesting season is underway. Here’s a short primer: Q: How long do birds in Georgia incubate eggs before they hatch? A: It depends on the species — and their sizes. Typically ...
The most recent state to have its poultry operations hit with bird flu: Georgia. The Georgia Department of Agriculture, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, confirmed on Friday ...
All poultry activities have been suspended in Georgia after bird flu was confirmed in a commercial poultry operation, officials said Friday. The positive bird flu case in Elbert County was ...
ATLANTA — For the first time since the 2022 countrywide outbreak, bird flu hit a poultry producer in Georgia, the nation’s top state for chicken production. The state Department of Agriculture ...
Georgia's cases were the latter ... likely connected to the flock's close proximity to a lake frequented by wild birds. On Jan. 17, GDA reported a second positive case of HPAI in a commercial ...
Grant Blankenship Georgia Public Broadcasting The avian flu (bird flu), more officially known as HPAI, has arrived in Georgia and has now been detected in a commercial poultry operation in Elbert ...
ELBERTON, Ga. — The first confirmed case of bird flu in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia has been reported at a farm in Elberton. The case has raised concerns about public safety and its ...
Georgia officials have confirmed the state's first case of bird flu, halting all in-state poultry exhibitions, shows, swaps, meets, and sales until further notice. A poultry producer in Elbert ...
This is peak time for spring migration. Countless numbers of warblers and other neotropical songbirds are streaming into Georgia — returning from winter grounds in Latin America and the ...