{Crazy! This is probably one of the chief means of spreading disease – unintentionally!}
Recent findings of highly pathogenic H5N8 influenza in poultry flocks in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK have caused several governments around the world to suspend trade of poultry with the three countries, including hatching eggs and day-old chicks.
via Poultry Industry Urges Exemption for Breeders from Bird Flu Bans – The Poultry Site.