Bird Flu Devastated This Duck Farm — Now It’s Making a Comeback

Bird flu devastated this duck farm — now it’s making a comeback

Doug Corwin worries he won't be able to weather another outbreak

Long Island’s Last Duck Farm Rebuilds After Avian Flu

After euthanizing nearly 100,000 ducks following an avian flu outbreak, Crescent Duck Farm, a more-than-a-century-old business in Aquebogue and the last duck farm on Long Island, has taken a number of steps to resume operations. The USDA’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) lifted the quarantine on May 12 after 25 samples were taken in 20 barns on April 28, and all 500 samples tested negative. “I made sure we got every crack and …