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Because a word can have different connotations and meaning depending on the native geography of the speaker. The commenter who used the term "cage" to describe a 6x8 area is from Ireland. Not everyone on BYC is from North America, not everyone in North America speaks English as their first language and even then there are different variations of each language including English. In Europe the English language in many ways is actually very different compared to American English.Well I don't get why someone is saying it is a cage when it's 6x8?
do you have any evidence for this assertion? The APHA report on H5N1 from last year does not support it.small wild birds and rodents who can carry the disease
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/avian-influenza-bird-fludo you have any evidence for this assertion? The APHA report on H5N1 from last year does not support it.
Of course they need to come into contact with infected birds first, but the mesh should prevent small pests getting access.https://www.gov.uk/guidance/avian-influenza-bird-flu
On page 4 of the biosecurity advice booklet.
It's in a few of the APHA advice booklets:
Protecting your birds from wild birds
One way by which notifiable avian disease may spread to poultry is through contact with infected wild birds. Contact may be direct (through mingling), or indirect (through bird secretions, faeces, feathers, rodents (rats or mice) etc., contaminating anything that may then come into contact with poultry, such as feed, water, utensils clothing).
After reading the APHA advice, my understanding is that we are responsible for ensuring that rodents and wild birds do not contaminate any food or water sources. That can be achieved by preventing them entering the coop or run... for example by using wire mesh.with respect, that's not evidence of transmission of H5N1 from small wild birds or rodents