Thank you to everyone who sent out well wishes.
I still forget some mornings when I'd typically open up the coop that they're gone.
We've put in an order for more chicks, they'll be here mid-September.... Pictures to follow.
@chrissynemetz thank you, it was pretty rough. We always see all our girls as more than just birds, everybody gets a name and becomes part of the family.
Yesterday I culled our entire flock, it was really hard; but I absolutely know it was the right thing to do. We're going to grieve, sanitize everything and rebuild.
This was a very painful lesson in Bio-security; one we will not soon forget.
So we had a sick blue maran I separated her from the rest of the girls; she got bad enough I had to put her down last week, then our cuckoo maran and our little egger got sick... It looks undeniably like MG/MS.... Snotty nostrils, goopy eyes, coughing and sneezing, lethargy...... In talking to...
Thanks for being here everyone.
My wife three daughters and I have 13 birds, that are as much pets as they are egg layers.
We have:
Lavender Orp
Chocolate Orp
Columbian Wyandotte
Cukoo Maran
Some Easter eggers
2 leghorns
Partridge Plymouth Rock
Two unknown older ladies(RI red mixes or ISA...