Doug Corwin's duck farm was thriving at the start of the year, boasting healthy flocks, including 12,000 ducklings. However, by January 14, a rapid and deadly outbreak of bird flu decimated hundreds of ducklings. With the situation escalating, Dr. Gavin Hitchener from Cornell's Duck Research Laboratory confirmed the feared diagnosis, leading to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's directive to cull all 100,000 birds and quarantine the farm permanently. This loss was particularly poignant for Corwin, whose family has owned the farm for generations since the 1640s.
"I was sitting at my desk, looking at those beautiful ducklings when everything changed. By January 14, we were losing hundreds daily to bird flu."
"The realization that we had to cull all 100,000 ducks was devastating. This farm has been a part of my family since the 1640s."
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