Reply To: Bird flu and wild birds Home Birding, Conservation, Travel H5N1 Poultry Flu and migratory birds Bird flu and wild birds No title 18 October 2005 at 2:54 am #3683 AnonymousGuest If the virus kills poultry in 20 hours and mice in 3, what happens if the mice carrying the virus get into homes? Would there be a chance of the virus from mice to humans?