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Quote: I'm sorry I hope it wasn't something i said. I know it can be very overwhelming. From what ive read most people hatch eggs out without doing any preventative and they have had no problems. The only reason i choose to do the egg dip method is because i recently had to put my whole flock...

Quote: I wrote this post in a hope to know how to solve this problem, and be fully confident when hatching "foreign" eggs, but now after reading all the text, in the link I sent you, I feel (itchy, and I feel) overwhelmed by the amount of diseases out there and how much you have to do to make...

Quote: I don't know but probably because it just kills the mycoplasma not being effective with other diseases, and because it reduces the hatch so vets don't recommend that to hatcheries because it would reduce the profit. http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/eggs.html

Quote: Thanks. I searched for "mycoplasma" and found out that if you put the egg on the incubator at 46ºC for 12 to 48hours it will kill the mycoplasma organisms (just like when our bodies get fever to get rid of the disease) the only problem is that it will reduce the hatchability by 8 to 12%...

I intend to increase the genetic diversity of my flock, so I plan to go around town and buy some fertile eggs from local farmers/breeders/keepers. My main concern, and the reason why I am posting, is that I fear I might bring diseases to my flock. So the question is, does anyone know if there...