We dealt with this and after much deliberation, culled a flock of over 60 chickens and many were my children's favorite pets. It was a nightmare and one my youngest son will definitely never forget. However, if you do not cull, you must accept that you cannot bring anymore chickens to your property as long as the other ones are still alive. We free range everyone and do not have the set-up to pen everything, so we also had to avoid friends' houses who owned chickens (might have disease on tires, etc.) and so on, and so on.
Some died on their own and some who carried it and recovered died a month or two later from damage I presume.
Coryza doesn't live long outside of the host, so you don't have to let the coop stay empty for long. I've seen it recommended to wait 2 weeks, I've also read 4 weeks. We waited 8 weeks to be absolutely sure and totally cleaned out everything, but I didn't use disinfectant because the Coryza would have been long gone.
Our new flock we reinstated last Fall is doing great and I TOTALLY agree with a previous poster. Get day olds. We always have some issue with started birds.
Kim
Some died on their own and some who carried it and recovered died a month or two later from damage I presume.
Coryza doesn't live long outside of the host, so you don't have to let the coop stay empty for long. I've seen it recommended to wait 2 weeks, I've also read 4 weeks. We waited 8 weeks to be absolutely sure and totally cleaned out everything, but I didn't use disinfectant because the Coryza would have been long gone.
Our new flock we reinstated last Fall is doing great and I TOTALLY agree with a previous poster. Get day olds. We always have some issue with started birds.
Kim
