Long Island’s last commercial duck farm is rebuilding after a bird flu outbreak forced the destruction of its entire 100,000-bird flock in January.

WHAT NEWSDAY FOUND Long Island’s last large commercial duck farm, in Aquebogue, had a bird flu outbreak, requiring 99,000 ducks to be euthanized. Any hope of saving the genetics of the ducks ...

Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck Farm, center, at a fundraiser in Riverhead to help support workers who were laid off from the Aquebogue farm after an outbreak of bird flu.

The H5N1 outbreak at Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue has forced the farm to cease operations and begin to euthanize its entire flock of more than 100,000 ducks. The outbreak was confirmed on Jan 17.

Pierce Corwin, son of Crescent Duck Farm owner Doug Corwin, coaxes hundreds of two-day-old ducklings inside a barn on the farm, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in Aquebogue, N.Y. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ...

FILE - Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck Farm, carries a female duck used for breeding in one of several barns on his property, in Aquebogue, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) ...

Doug Corwin, president of Crescent Duck, picks up one of his ducks at the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, New York (Associated Press)"All I know is I don’t want to be hit again," Corwin said.

Doug Corwin, president of Crescent Duck, picks up one of his ducks at the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, N.Y., Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ...

FILE - Doug Corwin, owner of Crescent Duck Farm, carries a female duck used for breeding in one of several barns on his property, in Aquebogue, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) ...

Doug Corwin, president of Crescent Duck, picks up one of his ducks at the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, N.Y., Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ...