Topic: poultry

Members of the community are calling for clearer communication and practical support to farmers as the government works to contain an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza confirmed at a West Bay poultry farm on 28 Nov.

In an attempt to stop transmission of avian flu between the islands, the Department of Agriculture has suspended all movement of live poultry between Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman.

Cayman’s push for greater food security has advanced with the launch of its first commercial chicken hatchery, producing both broilers – chickens raised for meat – and egg-laying hens.

A cull of feral chickens could be carried out by the government after bird flu was found in poultry in Puerto Rico.