California - Northern

[ronott1]

Hand sanitiser kills nothing according to my chemist friends. What you are mostly worried about is things that a bird can have without showing symptoms that get brought out by stress. The biggies are infectious corzya and mg. The birds will get stress shed the virus and then maybe get sick. I don't know if soap kills it. It may but I know bleach will so that's what I use.

I know too many people from the hatching swap threads that have gotten their flocks sick so I'm paranoid.

To be completely safe, you could wear latex or nitrile gloves. My sensitive skin can handle gloves much better than bleach. Peroxide gets me too LOL and I am not the worst in my family.

The hand washing with soap kills the germs. It just has to be done properly and remember to feed and water the ones in quarantine last.

Oh and along with changing the clothes, you should change your shoes too. I though Corzya did not pass from hatching eggs but MG did?

 

[chiqita]

I have read about Quail doing stuff like that.

I am looking forward to the pictures.

yes, they do!! If you have realy freaky birds put up a soft top. Mario has a double feed bag he has cut long enough to go on the top to cushion crazy birds when they fly up.

My newest quail babies are at the little hopper stage. Someone knocked the screen top off the brooder this morning and I got in to feed and water and there was a MASSIVE quail party with babies running and flying everywhere. I had to wait till they had partied themselves out and were taking naps to catch anyone...

 

[chiqita]

To be completely safe, you could wear latex or nitrile gloves. My sensitive skin can handle gloves much better than bleach. Peroxide gets me too LOL and I am not the worst in my family.

The hand washing with soap kills the germs. It just has to be done properly and remember to feed and water the ones in quarantine last.

Oh and along with changing the clothes, you should change your shoes too. I though Corzya did not pass from hatching eggs but MG did?

Mg only passes when it is shed. Most of the time a bird stressed or sick enough to shed virus is not laying. The chance of getting stuff in an egg is very very rare IMO, I don't worry about it. But a bird having something that gets activated by shipping or driving is not that uncommon. I mostly worry with adult birds. babies have not had as much time to get something and then not show symptoms.
Did I read this wrong and are we talking about eggs?

I agree however, my biggest worry is shoes, I have yard shoes that stay in the yard and dont go anywhere else. Mind you, I forget and go barefoot mostly, so I'm a bad girl.

 

[chiqita]

They all look so nice!

Thank you for the pictures.

amazing pictures! The shutterbugs on this thread are awesome.

 

[Ali707]

Mg only passes when it is shed. Most of the time a bird stressed or sick enough to shed virus is not laying. The chance of getting stuff in an egg is very very rare IMO, I don't worry about it. But a bird having something that gets activated by shipping or driving is not that uncommon. I mostly worry with adult birds. babies have not had as much time to get something and then not show symptoms.
Did I read this wrong and are we talking about eggs?

I agree however, my biggest worry is shoes, I have yard shoes that stay in the yard and dont go anywhere else. Mind you, I forget and go barefoot mostly, so I'm a bad girl.

What is MG?

 

[chiqita]

Mycoplasma gallisepticum. There are many many forms. Some are mild as can be, some are leathal.

 

[PetRock]

i took a few update pictures of my growing chicks yesterday, so thought i'd share a few here:



first, the newest (and not chicks!) -- the two silver campines!



eating a piece of apple -- they are still skittish of me, but am trying to win their trust with treats...

Beautiful!!!

 

[PetRock]

yes, they do!! If you have realy freaky birds put up a soft top. Mario has a double feed bag he has cut long enough to go on the top to cushion crazy birds when they fly up.

My newest quail babies are at the little hopper stage. Someone knocked the screen top off the brooder this morning and I got in to feed and water and there was a MASSIVE quail party with babies running and flying everywhere. I had to wait till they had partied themselves out and were taking naps to catch anyone...

Good idea! I always have an abundance of empty feed bags! I put the scalped one back out in the pen that only has 4 in it. I tried this once before and she ended up bloody again. This time I made sure she has some places to hide besides behind the waterer.

 

[debs_flock]

eating a piece of apple -- they are still skittish of me, but am trying to win their trust with treats...

I've read you can win over anyone with canned corn.

 

[Happy Chooks]

From what I've read, MG can pass through the egg to offspring. Coryza does not. Both diseases make the birds carriers for life - they never heal from it. They can live with it, but will infect other birds.