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There is a lot of info available online if you Google "mycoplasma in chickens." Apparently the airborne droplets do not travel far, so it is possible to contain the disease with location. The birds with chronic CRD are infectious when they get sick or stressed. You can maintain a closed...

Mycoplasma can be transmitted through hatching eggs. The incidence is low, but it happens. Here is some info: http://umaine.edu/livestock/poultry/mycoplasma-gallisepticum-faq/

It is best to always isolate a new chicken for 30 days to watch it for signs of disease since so many unethical people sell sick or carrier chickens at swaps. In diseases like mycoplasma and coryza, they become carriers. Some choose to treat the flock when they get sick, and make it all...

The new chickens were probably carriers of CRD (mycoplasma.) Are they on Duramycin? Tylan 50 1 ml daily as a shot or by mouth, Tylan Soluble Powder for the water, or Gallimycin would be other antibiotics to use. Here is a list of diseases and treatments: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044