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Ha. I'm in same boat and glad I'm not the only one. Our juvenile run is an absolute wretched petri dish at the moment because of all.of.the.rain! Mine mostly really bad design flaw, on hubby's part, not gonna lie. WhOle chicken setup on a slope.. our juvenile coop is addition built onto uphill...

Everything that I have read via different state university extension websites have listed several other products Itthat I am not familiar with for disenfection, or bleach or original Lysol concentrate (the gross scented one in the little brown bottle). I am going to use bleach because I already...

I started at my county extension office. They gave me the contact info for the state vet. lab. I talked to the vet at our state lab who said to bring the sickest bird I had. They did a live necropsy and used tissue from the trachea, which is what came back MG positive. It was $35 and I drove the...

Thought I would update anyone still following this thread. We have maintained 2 flocks, the one that had the MG positive hen, and the 2nd flock consists of 2 hens & their chicks that had been separated from the other flock prior to us introducing the new birds that more than likely brought the...

How old are they and what breed? Most egg breeds are very good layers until about 2.5 yrs to 3. Some say they otherwise, but they do start declining. It's hard to say when enough is enough. If you have chickens just so you can sell eggs, you def. don't want to keep a bunch of past their prime...

Yes, the bio-security of it will be tough and we're working out the details now. We've been taking care of the un-exposed ones first anyway, as a rule, the young first, before we had any signs of illness, and especially after the new birds were here, but in quarantine. And they are all up off...

Sorry to have left y'all hanging. I got a call from the vet Thursday afternoon, it was MG positive. He said it was now turned over to the state, and someone from the state would call me- he wasn't sure who- if it would be the area poultry technician, or state vet's office. Friday evening, I got...

Well, I've talked now to the 'powers that be'. I feel alot better about things now. Whether we depopulate now is up to us, I just have to sign that I won't move my birds from my property for 45 days. He's coming Monday because he will be out this way, and said he'll give me about an hours heads...

I heard back from the vet just a bit ago. Mycoplasma positive and infectious bronchitis. Mycoplasma is a reportable disease in our state, so waiting to hear from the powers that be- he wasn't sure who would get in touch with me- whether it be the state vet or area poultry person. :-( I'm sad.

For those following: The preliminary findings from the vet that I dropped the bird off with- my bird looked very healthy- no pneumonia, bronchitis, not even any parasites. Said all her organs, lungs etc looked good but he's sending her trachea to the state lab to see what they find and he'll...

I dropped our sickest bird off at the state labs closest site but they will have to ship samples to the main lab tomorrow. The vet there said if it is myco, then I will get a visit from the state. :-( If my birds all have to be put down, I can and will do it myself. Myco isn't dangerous to...

I just drove an hour 1 way to drop a live bird off- my favorite hen, worst layer we had- lots of personality though- at one of the state labs sites. They have to ship it another lab, and it won't go out til noon tomorrow- the vet there.... he said if it's mycoplasma then I will get a visit from...

Yes, I plan on calling the Extension office first thing in the morning- I am in a pretty small town and actually saw the director today at the grocery store and almost said something to him then. We don't have a poultry agent at the moment, but I'm gonna start the ball rolling tomorrow to...

So I've been reading about infection bronchitis, and I'm not convinced that's it- we have had a slight drop in egg laying- we avg. 1-5 eggs a day the past several months, Friday we had 4, Saturday we had 3 and not sure how many we have yet today. Also i've read IB involves their uro-genital...

Thanks so far everyone! We're still not sure what we're going to do. I'm calling tomorrow about testing so we know what it is. This morning, I had 4 hens that didn't want to come out of the coop when I let them out into the run. Some had visible discharge and some didn't. One of the roosters was...

Just read thru the entire post over the course of the day. Didn't cry until you had to put down all of your chickens. :-( I sincerely hope and pray that your new chicks arrived and are all healthy and especially that your husband is still cancer-free and continues to get healthier everyday.

I'm curious too what happened. I have a suspected case of MG in my flock. I culled one today that had both eyes swelled shut and couldn't see to get her medicated water. I'm medicating (oxytetracycline) the rest of the flock. Nobody has gotten worse, but nobody is completely better yet but it's...

I've had a self-sustaining flock for several years with a strict no bird in/no bird out rule. We've dealt with some health issues over the years, but nothing like this. My flock seems to be pretty hearty. Earlier in the summer, a snake got all of our chicks that we'd just hatched. In a moment...

This is my 3rd year letting mama hens do the hatching for me. The broody I have now is less than a year old, half Chantecler/half every other breed I've ever had. She went broody over a month ago but we collected her eggs daily and decided to set some April 5th, according to the Farmers Almanac...

Hey all, I have a 2.5 yr old Brahma/Golden Comet hen who's not doing so good. She's molting right now and is the only one who hasn't feathered back out. Everyone else's feathers have come back completely or almost completely at this point. She was moving kinda slow the other day, and...