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I'm embarrassed to admit it's been so crazy around here what with pigs farrowing and prenatal appointments for me and getting ready to leave, that I haven't even got around to talking to the vet! Is there a window of opportunity that I'm going to miss, or how does that work?

Okay I will talk to me vet tomorrow and see what they say!

I have no clue where to begin with testing. I know my local vet clinic would look at me like I was cuckoo. We don't really live in chicken country! How do you go about it?

Then again, it really seems to have responded to the tetracycline so that would point to it being bacterial. I'm just glad everyone sounds so much better. Hope long would you all recommend I keep on with the tetracycline? And I can put all the birds back together, right? I eventually gave up...

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After reading most of the info on the links you posted, I agree it would be hard to make a diagnosis with help from a lab. As far as the symptoms however, they definitely had most the IB symptoms and only a few of the Mycoplasma symptoms. When you say to not add or hatch new birds for a year...

Wow, guys, thanks for all that super helpful info!! That's more than I found in any of my searches! So. The flock. Here's what's happening. I went to my local co-op store after reading Eggcessive's comment, and all they had was tetracycline to put in the water, so I started them on that Thursday...

Right. I think it is a virus, because it's spread like wildfire through the whole flock. Isolating the sick ones and cleaning the coop and waterers/feeders and changing footwear made no difference. Everybody is sneezing and rattling except for the wee babies. And yes, I bought 4 chicks from a...

I had 2 hens that were broody, and I thot the noise the one was making was just broody noises at the other hens chicks. Now I realize it's definitely a gurgle. And a couple other hens and the rooster seem to be doing it too. His crow is funny, but I can't see any nasal discharge from any of...