Jan 24, 2025 · A New York region once synonymous in the culinary world for duck may lose its last commercial farm. Crescent Duck Farm on Long Island’s North Fork was struck by an outbreak of bird flu, prompting health officials to order the destruction of its entire flock this week.

Jan 27, 2025 · FILE - Long Island ducks used as breeding stock at Crescent Duck Farm, move around a barn, in Aquebogue, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

Jan 24, 2025 · FILE - Long Island ducks used as breeding stock at Crescent Duck Farm, move around a barn, in Aquebogue, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2014. ... FILE - Day-old duck hatchlings crawl around inside an incubator at ...

Jan 23, 2025 · The farm, Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, N.Y., must now kill its entire flock of almost 100,000 ducks and may go out of business, its owner said in an interview. The highly infectious virus ...

Jan 24, 2025 · During its heyday in the early 1960s, the region boasted more than 100 farms, producing up to 7.5 million birds annually, or about two-thirds of the nation’s duck output. Crescent Duck Farm has been the island’s lone remaining operation for the better part of a decade, as higher operating costs, tougher regulations and increasing suburban ...

Jan 28, 2025 · The Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, which lost its entire flock of 99,000 to an outbreak of bird flu, has begun the long, methodical process of sanitizing its facilities. Doug Corwin, president ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Long Island farm forced to kill entire flock of 100,000 ducks amid bird flu outbreak Thursday, January 23, 2025 Stacey Sager reports from Aquebogue with more on the sad measure to curb the bird ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Long Island was once a center of duck production in the U.S., thanks to its abundance of freshwater streams, friendly climate and proximity to major East Coast cities. During its heyday in the early 1960s, the region boasted more than 100 farms, producing up to 7.5 million birds annually, or about two-thirds of the nation’s duck output.

While chefs from all over know Crescent Duck, and thank them for what they do, many Long Islanders don’t realize there is still a fully functioning duck farm in Aquebogue. “Although,” said Pierce, “When the wind blows a certain way, you still know we’re here.”

Jan 25, 2025 · FILE – Long Island ducks used as breeding stock at Crescent Duck Farm, move around a barn, in Aquebogue, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)