Hatching Eggs / Paypal CHAT Thread

[pysankigirl]

MG flocks do not have to be culled, but MG flocks are REQUIRED to live out their life ON the property. You can not sell, give away or otherwise rehome any bird from a property that has a positive MG test. Even if the bird in question was never with the others, they must stay on site, or be culled.

Interesting. They did not tell me that. is that true for every state?

I have been giving all my roosters to a coworker who's wife is a homeschooler and knows how to slaughter chickens.
He lost his entire flock to a dog attack and it seemed an equitable arrangement due to my squeamishness about killing.

edited to add:
We killed the chickens who tested positive for MG already, just so you know. But, I am assuming the rest of my flock may have MG. But they haven't actually tested positive and never came into direct contact with the birds who did but were in my quarantine pen.

 

[pysankigirl]

Okay, so I just got off the phone with the Virginia Ag people and they said that what I am doing is perfectly fine!
Whew...you guys had me worried I'd done something bad!!!!

 

[crfarm]

I am going up to pick up Walt's breeders tomorrow!!!! yeah! 7 girlie's. Once they get settled I will be sending out the speckled sussex swaps!

 

[caj1985]

Any reason why I couldn't put my guinea keets and turkey poults that hatch under my broody Faverolle if she will take them?

 

[madamwlf]

Okay, so I just got off the phone with the Virginia Ag people and they said that what I am doing is perfectly fine!
Whew...you guys had me worried I'd done something bad!!!!

Just my opinion but taking any bird that might have MG off your property alive is wrong to me. Until you have all your birds tested, you don't know whether they have it or not or if any rooster taken off has it. States are trying to eradicate the disease.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Quote:

Quote: x2 on this one. VA is a royal PIA to ship into and not even the Miami zoo will ship to them with the new rule of needing a test within 30 days of shipping. I cant believe they would say it is ok to not have a closed flock.



personally all chickens would be culled, bedding burnt, everything washed with bleach and or Oxine and left empty for 90 days before I added 1 bird back.

 

[KYTinpusher]

Someone help. Need mzstre address to send her the royal palm eggs I owe and she hasn't responded yet.

PM sent

 

[madamwlf]

x2 on this one. VA is a royal PIA to ship into and not even the Miami zoo will ship to them with the new rule of needing a test within 30 days of shipping. I cant believe they would say it is ok to not have a closed flock.



personally all chickens would be culled, bedding burnt, everything washed with bleach and or Oxine and left empty for 90 days before I added 1 bird back.

x2

 

[cjwaldon]

What's the harm if the birds are going to a property without other birds and are being processed?

 

[madamwlf]

What's the harm if the birds are going to a property without other birds and are being processed?

As I said, just my opinion. But what if there are flocks near by? does anyone know how far MG can travel? I'm not all that familiar with the disease.