04.11.2025 Featured Story Last Long Island duck farm working to rebuild flock: East End operation still in quarantine Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue continues its slow but steady march toward recovery after HPAI, or bird flu, was detected there in January. The 3,700 ducklings hatched six weeks...
03.26.2025 Featured Story Keeping chickens and being careful: Backyard flocks and the dangers from bird flu Ben Smith is one of the few Islanders who isn’t concerned about the price of eggs. The issue of egg prices dominated the presidential election of 2024, and has...
02.27.2025 Featured Story Aquebogue duck farm hatches new generation of ducklings Crescent Duck Farm has hatched a small batch of ducklings from the 15,000 eggs saved from their facility after the bird flu (H5N1) outbreak in January. As of yesterday,...
02.22.2025 Featured Story Long Island Ducks: More than history It was a culinary and historic disaster — bird flu striking the Crescent Duck Farm, the last duck farm on Long Island. Some 99,000 ducks, the farm’s entire flock,...
02.07.2025 Featured Story Aquebogue duck farm where bird flu surfaced is not closing: Hopes rest on remaining eggs Despite some recent reports to the contrary, Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue has no plans to close its doors permanently. “I laid off my packing house company the day...
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