Disease through the eggs?

[Karkblo]

Okay so I have five broody hens right now on about 35 or so of my own eggs, I have a sixth hen I have confirmed broody today and I want to use her to hatch some neighbors eggs. They have some beautiful eggs green, olive and blue while I only have brown and one banty that lays a blue egg. I am hesitating because their birds have some kind of foot/leg infections possibly scaly leg mites or a several cases of bad bumblefoot or something else that I have never heard of. Could the eggs if gently cleaned and disinfected still transfer disease? Would this be worth bothering with or not worth the risk since my flock is healthy and pestilence free? Any thoughts or opinions would be welcome.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

If the neighbors have mycoplasma gallisepticum in the flock it can be vertically transmitted. There is another one too that I don't remember....

(Vertical means down a generation- through the egg).

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/2477/vertically-transmitted-health-issues-in-poultry
OK I looked it up...there are several listed there.

If you want a few Easter Eggers I'd order a few from a hatchery if it were me. Or sometimes the feed stores carry them. You are close to Privett being in NM.

 

[Karkblo]

Okay thanks. What they have (Ive gotten a close look at their birds once) looks mostly like mites to me but I didn't know if there was a leg disease out there that was vertically transmitted as you named it. Knowing the possibility, I won't risk it. I am done ordering birds this year, EE's are always on my list they just haven't made the final cut yet. Maybe next year.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Okay thanks. What they have (Ive gotten a close look at their birds once) looks mostly like mites to me but I didn't know if there was a leg disease out there that was vertically transmitted as you named it. Knowing the possibility, I won't risk it. I am done ordering birds this year, EE's are always on my list they just haven't made the final cut yet. Maybe next year.

You are welcome and I hope it all works out for your colorful egg basket!

I want to get some more EEs next year too.