Long Island's duck farm has hatched a new generation of chicks. They began trading nearly 100,000 magalos that were forced to kill due to the spread of bird flu.
Aquebogue's Crescent Duck Farm welcomes 3,700 new chicks for more than a month after farm operators were forced to cull 99,000 ducks when H1N5 (bird flu) spread to susceptible flocks I did.
Approximately half of newborn birds are female. Chickens start laying their own eggs in six months.
New York has disinfected 15,000 eggs from Crescent Duck Farm at its offsite hatch centre, but has discarded up to 6,000 eggs that did not grow embryos. Riverhead Local reported.
Of the 9,000 eggs rescued, only 3,700 have been hatched, a fairly low percentage disappointing farm ownership.
“As a farmer, I wanted better,” Crescent Duck Farm president James Corwin told the outlet.
Corwin added that if another outbreak of bird flu occurs on Long Island Farm, “we're done.”
“The administration will have to do something for the egg industry,” Corwin commented to the outlet.
But Corwin said, like many poultry farmers, he is opposed to vaccinating birds against H1N5. This is not currently permitted by the USDA. Foreign trading partners will not accept vaccinated chickens either. According to CNN.
Zoetis, a veterinary medicine company, has secured a conditional green light from the Trump administration in pursuit of the H1N5 vaccine in response to the blessings of the USDA's National Veterinary Stockpile.
The outbreak of H1N5, which began in 2022, not only affected ducks, but also destroyed flocks of chickens, turkeys and geese throughout the United States.
According to Egg-news.com, bird flu killed 40 million laying hens in 2024.
This includes California, where 52% of spawning hens have died since January 2024.
To stop the progression of the virus, 27 million chickens were culled in the first six weeks of 2025.
Experts say the current avian influenza pandemic, which plagues bird populations, is unlikely to infect humans.
Three years ago, New York's first avian flu case was also found in Suffolk County. State Environmental Protection Agency.
