PBFD in chickens

I had a parrot with this, had to get him put down and now have discovered another parrot with it. I am clearning out and either putting down or selling off bird (if they test negative) I am going to try and keep one bird inside who has tested positive but we hope will develop an immunity to it. However was wondering if Chickens can catch it?

I have tried to research this but found nothing that leads me to be 100% sure that the new chickens that I am planning on getting will not come down with this.

Anyone have any info onthis?

I don't know the answer, but I did what to express my sympathy to you. How heartbreaking to loose a parrot. I am subscribing to this thread since I have parrots as well, I would like to know.
What species of parrots do you have?
Best wishes to you and your remaining parrots.

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According to Saif, poultry are susceptible to PBFD which is a member of the Circoviridae family. However I would caution you to both the poultry and parrot - make sure to REtest and do as you are - don't automatically allow the bird to be put to sleep. I had a friend who had birds test a false positive and were put down without a retest. They didn't have it.

Also use the same biosecurity measures you would for other illnesses between birds. Virkon-S says it's effective against three members of the Circoviridae family. You might want to try and contact Dr. Ritchie's staff at the University of Georgia (Emerging Diseases Research Group) and ask them about disinfectants. They were the group that discovered it was a circovirus and are the ones developing the vaccine for it. They're the experts, and highly approachable.

Thanks guys just for back ground.

I had an 18 month old King Parrot who started showing visual signs, tested and came back positive, in the past week he started to self mulatate (sp??) and lost about half his body weight so we decided it would be best to put him to sleep. I also have a 18 month olf Ecckie who has tested positive, however is not showing any signs of the virus, we are re testing in 6 weeks as Ecckies can get the "acid" of the virus in their blood, build an immunity to it, expel the virus and become natuarlly immune and don't "have" it and will not infect other birds (however I would not take the chance of having another inside bird) also the virus can live outside the body for 5 years so not safe to have another bird in my house (even thought I have bleached and re painted all the walls, replaced all the carpet and curtins). The outside green cheeks & quakers have tested negative and will be re homed so that they do not catch it from her and the Budgies have also tested negative, however they are both approx 10 years old so think old age will kill them before anything else.

I use anti virual while going between my birds so now i know this I will make sure not to go straight from my Eckkie to my chickens and be strict with myself over the next 6 weeks untill we get the test results back.

Great info thanks.

Aww, you poor thing. All that hard work you put yourself through. Such dedication is admirable. I applaud your effort.
BTW, I have a quaker, too - awesome little beasties, aren't they?
Best wishes for negative results for your Ecckie and all your others.

I'm a big quaker fan, too! My first parrot was a quaker - when I was four years old. His name was Flower (short for Flower Power as it was 1969 - sigh). He lived to a pretty ripe old age for a bird that was fed all the wrong things for years as we didn't know that much about parrots back then at all. My first parrot as an adult was also a quaker, Bead.

I'm very sorry to hear about your PBFD. It's awful when something like that hits a flock. It sounds like you're doing everything possible. Thank you for that, for being so good and conscientious. I'm glad there are parrot owners like you out there - blessings to you for that.

So sorry to read your news on the PBFD. Yes chickens can get and carry it.
I used to breed quaker parrots years ago. I still have three plus and Congo African Grey. There was a time I had 13 parrots and cockatiels not counting babies.

If say we have one that gets it and is a carrier is there any issues with the humans eating the eggs?

Oh, I am so sorry about your parrot! We have a male parrotlet who will be 9 years old next week. "Kiwi" is a beloved family member and it would be awful to have such a thing happen to him.
So sorry

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I'd say that's a question for an expert as there's human health involved. But I'd think if you had one that was a carrier, eggs would be the last thing about which I'd worry honestly. Let's hope it never ever happens!