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72. True that healthy animals and people generally get sick less often and

recover well if they do get sick. I hope that will be the case with your chickens.

Sometimes a new virus can be a challenge even to healthy, strong immune systems. We saw that with covid. Some people with healthy lifestyles, who ate well, exercised regularly, took vitamins, and rarely got sick, ended up in an ICU with covid.

The nature of the virus and the amount of viral load that a person or animal is exposed to are factors. This current virus is classified as HPAI ( highly pathogenic avian influenza) - a high chance of illness for animals and people if exposed.

There have been infections in free range chickens and free range dairy herds.

Here are some tips from a Minnesota university on protecting home flocks.

https://extension.umn.edu/poultry-health/avian-influenza-basics-noncommercial-poultry-flock-owners