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Yikes. I am very sorry to hear this. You have two options: 1) You have a CLOSED flock. Any bird that goes in NEVER goes out. Your birds will always be carriers. If you have chicks, the chicks will be carriers also. 2) You cull, clean your coop mercilessly, wait a few weeks, and start with...

Sorry for the tardy reply. To the first part, yes... The rooster may have been a carrier, and the move lowered his immune system enough for the symptoms to start. At least, that's what I understand to happen in MG cases. I believe wild birds can also carry MG, so biosecurity in that area is...

Sometimes, the stress of the move to a new location is all it takes to let something like this slip in. Again, it can come from the environment *IF* it is an illness like Coryza or mycoplasma. When I emailed the lady I got my pullets from, she admitted she had to wipe out about 250 of her...

I'm so sorry to hear about your flock. Biosecurity is, I feel, one of the hardest aspects of keeping chickens. You can use all the sanitary wipes and soap and bleach you want, but you can't get it ALL... especially if it comes from the environment. Wild birds are carriers, bringing in other...