Sonya9… Chicken George reporting in, how may I be of assistance?
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Errrrmmmm....earth to ChickenGeorge.....
Nature is the master when it comes to modifying genes and creating resistant species/organisms. Genetically modifying chickens is not necessary even IF it is possible/financially feasible, they can reproduce and turn out a new generation every 8 months. Natural/selective breeding would wipe the disease related deaths out of most chickens and be far more practical.
It will happen either way, the disease is being spread far and wide, there are a bazillion chickens and they will adapt.
As I stated before,
You will never kill the cause of (MD), what you can do is build up a resentence to (MD) in a set bird.
Now even though a hen may have a resentence to (MD) that does not mean her off spring will have that same resentence to (MD), her offspring will only have some resentence to (MD) for a few days after hatch after that her offspring will have to build up there own resentence to (MD).