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Quote: ramona has infected birds. ILT, chicken herpes virus which is very deadly. she sold me 12 birds that she knew were ill. I spoke to WA state dept. of agricultre but they didnt seem to care. they were aware though that she had an indected flock for a year prior to her selling me...

Quote: stay away from ramona. she sells sick birds! and acts like she has no idea. i got 12 birds from her that were all very ill and it turns out she sent them to me even though she knew they were infected with ILT (chickens herpes virus extremly deadly!!)

I am in MA but the birds were from WA. 15 Ameraucanas all infected. Apparently the breeder knew she had infected birds but sold them anyway!

I recently bought birds that were infected with ILT, a very deadly herpes virus. Before buying birds make sure to get a certified form of the birds health and be sure your breeder is up to date on all state certifications. It is illegal to sell birds without the flock being tested for ILT and...

let me know about the hatching eggs. And I would love to get some organic silver dorkings. Any age but prefer out of the Chick phase.

I am looking for adult silkies. We live in Western MA and would love to purchase 2-5 females.

Check out a web site with ILT sympotoms. I just bought 15 Ameraucans and they were infected with this herpes virus. We had to cull our whole flock and completly decontaminate our yard. Since it is really a dangerous virus check it out to be safe. may I ask where you got the ameraucana?

I am looking to do a dorking cornish cross but am having a very hard time finding a breeder for dorking. I raise my chickens organic so they cant be vaccinated. Thanks.

I have heard that a dorking cornish cross is even better than a regular cornish for meat. Any ideas on the subject? Right now I have 99 barred rocks that are dual purpose and will be processing the males for meat and keeping the females for eggs. I was hoping in the future to raise something...

I just had to cull a flock of 15 birds all about 5 weeks old. They had trouble breathing watery eyes and became very lethargic. One died and I called the breeder I had just bought them from. Turns out they had ILT a type of herpes virus in chickens. There are vaccinations for the birds but...

Thanks that is what i thought we should do. how do I go about culling ifectious birds? I am very new in raising chickens and was planning on raising these for eggs not meat so I dont have any equipment for that for culling. would love advice for that. or is there someone I could hire for that?

I just got a flock (15 birds total)of ameraucanas from a very reputable breeder. i noticed right away that a few were sick and now the whole flock is, one died the second day we had tem and it looks like a few more might not make it. The breeder called and told me that her birds were diagnose...