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I'm in the camp of being emotionally attached to my chickens. I'd no more cull a sick chicken, as long as they aren't on death's doorstep, than I would cull a sick human child of mine. I always search for a treatment option. Tylan 50 is one of the first antibiotics I would try. Usually, a five...

Culling is a valid management option vs treating illnesses. Some flock keepers here cull at the first sign of an individual becoming sick, and they have never needed to deal with treatments. They also don't know what diseases their flocks might be carrying since they don't usually bother with...

Yes, carriers for life. The MG bacteria isn't a virus as I erroneously mentioned previously. It's a bacteria that is a very slippery culprit by nature. Unlike most bacteria with solid cell walls, the MG bacteria is a "shape shifter". It can be round or long and skinny according to its mood. This...

MG is the safest bet as it's so common. You have two things at work making your chickens sick. One is the MG virus which weakens the immune system and makes the respiratory track vulnerable to bacteria which is now hanging on stubbornly. If you haven't treated the symptomatic chickens with an...