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Walltenders I must say I agree with what you say. I do have birds with it, not tested positive, but here I am saying IMO, that when one of my birds get a secondary infection, I will give them the antibiotic, yet if you keep treating, you will make the birds resistant to the meds.
I know people that (not all) show birds NEVER take their best breeding birds, you will find one that may qualify for a ribbon and then go from there. Personally I feel, and I am not a vet (once again), but just talking to a past poultry barn owner, it was always "no admittance" per order of the state, and when they had pet birds and the poultry were vaccinated, even though the birds were over 50- 100 feet away, bio-security was followed to the T, the house hold pet birds died.
Getting me to not buy or take "battery" birds or older poultry Co. birds they get rid of...our back yard birds do not have immunity to the inoculations that they have had. It can wreak holy heck on your back yard buddies. For my birds that have gone on to show (just beginning) they go into a house for 3 weeks (hutch) and give them a small amount of freedom until the 4th week, they can go back with their breed. But they do not go near our layers. Its a big chance we take, but its a choice that I and many more make.
I am so glad that you came upon your own opinion, there is such a conviction of information, I wish a State Vet and Diagnostic would look into these issues, and it wont be from the back yard owners, but it will be from the farms. Eh, what do I know, I just wanted people to be aware.
I know people that (not all) show birds NEVER take their best breeding birds, you will find one that may qualify for a ribbon and then go from there. Personally I feel, and I am not a vet (once again), but just talking to a past poultry barn owner, it was always "no admittance" per order of the state, and when they had pet birds and the poultry were vaccinated, even though the birds were over 50- 100 feet away, bio-security was followed to the T, the house hold pet birds died.
Getting me to not buy or take "battery" birds or older poultry Co. birds they get rid of...our back yard birds do not have immunity to the inoculations that they have had. It can wreak holy heck on your back yard buddies. For my birds that have gone on to show (just beginning) they go into a house for 3 weeks (hutch) and give them a small amount of freedom until the 4th week, they can go back with their breed. But they do not go near our layers. Its a big chance we take, but its a choice that I and many more make.
I am so glad that you came upon your own opinion, there is such a conviction of information, I wish a State Vet and Diagnostic would look into these issues, and it wont be from the back yard owners, but it will be from the farms. Eh, what do I know, I just wanted people to be aware.