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Poultry fanciers’ show dreams fail to hatch after bird flu scare

Organisers said 220 H5N1 cases in non-poultry birds across 32 Victorian local government areas prompted the precautionary cancellation.

Alf Woods has been showing chickens at the Melbourne Royal Show since 1939, but this year’s bird flu outbreak means he’ll have to keep his chooks at home.

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Poultry fanciers’ show dreams fail to hatch after bird flu scare

Alf Woods has been showing chickens at the Melbourne Royal Show since 1939, but this year’s bird flu outbreak means he’ll have to keep his chooks at home.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
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