Urgent Reminder-PLEASE Quarantine Newly Acquired Birds!

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My neighbor brought me a chicken today that she found in the wal mart parking lot. I have 2 coops, my main large one and a second smaller one that is my quarantine coop/brooder. My smaller coop is already occupied with chicks so I have no where to put this lone chicken. It is currently in a 2.5X3ft wire dog crate. Is it ok to leave it in there for a month? It isnt a big chicken and it has bedding, food, water etc. I don't know what to do with this poor thing.
 
danegirl88 said:
How far apart do coops need to be for an effective quarantine? I only have about 40 feet between my two coops, and they're almost in a direct line (one is somewhat sheltered behind the corner of my hubby's woodworking shop). I'm concerned that this is not an effective quarantine situation and that I need to steal my dog's (hardly ever used) plastic kennel and have the new girls inside for a month before I can put them outdoors. Seeing as they were raised outdoors, I have no idea how well this will go over...
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How far apart do coops need to be for an effective quarantine? Consider this: Infectious Bronchitis (IB) is a very common highly infectious viral disease and can be carried by the wind at least 1000 yards.
 
Yeah...there's no way I have space to have my coops over a half mile apart...heck, at that rate, I'm sure there's other hen keepers within that distance from me.

EDIT: In my case, I'm dealing with a local breeder that many others have purchased from with no issue, so I'm doing the quarantine mainly just because safe is always better than sorry. She also recommended I do a quarantine and I'll pick her brain as well when I get there to see what she recommends. After this, I'll have a closed flock. Just couldn't pass up on some Lavender Orps and needed a few more hens to complete my flock.
 
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danegirl88 said:
How far apart do coops need to be for an effective quarantine?  I only have about 40 feet between my two coops, and they're almost in a direct line (one is somewhat sheltered behind the corner of my hubby's woodworking shop).  I'm concerned that this is not an effective quarantine situation and that I need to steal my dog's (hardly ever used) plastic kennel and have the new girls inside for a month before I can put them outdoors.  Seeing as they were raised outdoors, I have no idea how well this will go over...
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The thumb rule is minimum 40:40
Minimum 40 days at minimum 40 legs in between the floc
And the newcomers.
There is some more rules to consider.
1. Always begin the daily chores with the the flock and only after you treat the newcomers.
2. You should always wash your hand and change, at least your shoos,when you go from one to the other.
3. If you can do the quarantine in a separated are, close garage, the house roof, in yours neighbor property it is much better than to do it in the same yard with the flock.
4. Before joining the two groups you should take,(after 30 days of quarantine with no signs of illness in the newcomers) one of your healthy chickens( from the flock) and put it together with the newcomers, and see if it showing any illness signs in 10 days period, if no signs appears you can join them.
Good luck!
 
Hi!

I have recently posted about a rescue Roo I got on the weekend. He has a badly injured leg and also an ear infection so he is on vet prescribed antibiotics and is in the shed on his own. The antibiotics course ends on friday. Does putting the bird on antibiotics whilst in quarentine lessen the quarentine length? He is eating and drinking well and there are no visible signs of illness other than the ear infection (and the soft tissue damage on his leg).

Thanks in advance.
 
hllewellyn said:
Hi!

I have recently posted about a rescue Roo I got on the weekend. He has a badly injured leg and also an ear infection so he is on vet prescribed antibiotics and is in the shed on his own. The antibiotics course ends on friday. Does putting the bird on antibiotics whilst in quarentine lessen the quarentine length? He is eating and drinking well and there are no visible signs of illness other than the ear infection (and the soft tissue damage on his leg).

Thanks in advance.
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No - if anything I would lengthen the quarantine and start the 30 day count on the first day that he is no longer on any treatments.
 
Im having that issue now although the two newbies looked perfectly healthy and i was not able to get close to them to do a thorough check and didn't want to stress them even more so gave it a week till tbey settled to their new home. One had a weird walk
.almost like John Cleeses and previous owner said she nee nothing of it and thst one waddles like a duck but thought she may have hurt herself in the move process.



speckledhen said:
I've seen so many people who have bought new birds and because they seem healthy, immediately throw them in with their flock or put them in a pen where there can be some contact. You MUST quarantine newly purchased birds unless you have bought chicks directly from a hatchery. Disease can take up to a month to show up in a seemingly healthy chicken. Many, many of these common diseases make a chicken a carrier for life and if your flock gets it, they become carriers for life. Some are even reportable to the state and the birds must be destroyed in some cases.
Some sellers are not aware their birds are ill and some are just plain unscrupulous and don't care. I have only purchased ONE grown bird and he was in quarantine for over a month, while I consulted experts about various things. At the very least, he did have favus, a fungal infection on his comb and face and lice. I treated both and he had neither by the time he joined my flock, but it was very stressful and I'll probably never buy adult birds again. This can cause such pain and devastation, that I really wanted to reiterate this point to all my BYC family.
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