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So, We FINALLY got the mycoplasma culture results. She has tested positive for Mycoplasma gallisepticum. We are taking her back to Cornell on Monday for a follow up and to ask the doctor what he recommends we do. It seems some people say cull the birds, others say treat them and once they are...

We took the hen and cock together to an avian vet (Dr. Dematos) at Cornell. He highly suspects mycoplasma. He cleaned out her nostrils and removed all of the dead tissue. Apparently, the bacteria had started to eat away her tissue. The nostril that the bacteria ate away at has a larger hole...

We have an appointment at Cornell for 2pm tomorrow. We were told to remove the Sulmet as it may inhibit the results of the tests, and may already be too late. Weird thing is that the Vet had never heard of Sulmet. I still trust that he knows what he is doing and cannot wait to get these tests...

We are not going to give the Silkies back to the woman. We are contacting an avian veterinarian today. We need to know what her illness is before we decide to cull her. Also, we want to know for sure what it is because this woman is also selling hatching eggs. If it is mycoplamsa then she needs...

She very rarely will sneeze and there is no coughing. The no sneezing may be because she is clogged up.

Here is a photo of the night we got her. Hers is shortly after removal of one of the "scabs". I am unsure where the blood came from, if inside the beak or from tearing skin Here is the other side after we removed the scab

Quote: I would think it too late to vaccinate your flock if they have already been exposed to Coryza. I am under the impression that the vaccine is for birds who have not been exposed to it. We are definitely contacting a veterinarian tomorrow. I will let you know what we find out.

Quote: The whole flock has to be vaccinated correct? I wonder how expensive it is. We are most likely going to make an appointment at Cornell, or at least get some info from them in the morning. I will ask about the vaccine.

I guess I should have said Central NY, I live in the Elmira/Corning area. We are located South of Ithaca. Thanks for the Welcome! The incubator was a bad idea, now we have 2 of them, and we are thinking about one of those commercial sized incubators now! OMG I raise poison dart frogs and so...

Thank you for that information. She is exhibiting several of those symptoms, but not all. The odor is what makes me think it is Coryza as well. It smells like rotting flesh. Unfortunately, I am becoming fairly certain that she does have Coryza and that our only option may be to put her and her...

Thanks so much for the rapid response. I have read a little about Coryza and Mycoplasma(I think thats what its called) and am leaning toward either of those two things at this time. The Sulmet says that it is used for control of Infectious coryza, what exactly does that mean "control"? Is that...

Hello everybody, My name is Tom. My friend Brandon and I have a small flock. We got our original 5 chicks and 1 duck 2 years ago. We currently have a flock consisting of some mixed breeds(Seabright cock x with Ameracuana,Barred Rock, White Leghorn, and Rhode Island reds.) They were our first...

Hello, I would like opinions on what this may be and how to treat it. We just purchased a Silkie hen and rooster from Craigslist. We planned on picking her up a little over a week ago but the woman said the hen had a runny nose and she would treat her and we could have them in 7-10 days. We...