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Do you recall if the two newest chickens spent many nights piled with the earlier ones? Last year, I got four Blue Australorps and one of my older hens took them under her wing, literally. The close contact enabled her heavy virus shed to be passed to them before they could develop resistance...

The leucosis virus is very very common, so common, many flocks carry it and the keepers never know they have it. The reason for this is because most chickens develop resistance to it and never become symptomatic or live many, many years before they do. A lot of folks who don't know they have LL...

Just want to clarify something the OP already appears to be aware of, LL is passed vertically from hen to the embryo in the egg. Chicks hatched with LL have a very poor chance of survival. I've tried hatching many eggs in my flock to have most embryos die in the egg, a few that hatched died...

It's not the end of the world as you know it. These avian viruses are not something you want to drop your guard over and permit them getting into your flock, but they can be dealt with. No, it's not true your chickens are all doomed if you get a leucosis diagnosis. While the virus can produce...