Does anyone have advice for possible MG in backyard flock ?

[Eggcessive]

If you should lose one or have a very sick one who needs to be culled, I would get a necropsy by the state vet to get a diagnosis. You also could seek testing through a county extension agent or NPIP official.Constant sneezing without the watery eyes and swollen eyelids sounds a little more like infectious bronchitis than MG. Of course, it can be common for a sick chicken to have one disease and possibly another as a secondary infection. Infectious bronchitis will only make them carriers for up to a year, while MG makes all carriers for life--so good to know what it is. Here is some reading:
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/78/infectious-bronchitis-ib/
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/disea...tion-mg-chronic-respiratory-disease-chickens/
https://extension.umaine.edu/livestock/poultry/mycoplasma-gallisepticum-faq/

 

[Chickenfever16]

If you should lose one or have a very sick one who needs to be culled, I would get a necropsy by the state vet to get a diagnosis. You also could seek testing through a county extension agent or NPIP official.Constant sneezing without the watery eyes and swollen eyelids sounds a little more like infectious bronchitis than MG. Of course, it can be common for a sick chicken to have one disease and possibly another as a secondary infection. Infectious bronchitis will only make them carriers for up to a year, while MG makes all carriers for life--so good to know what it is. Here is some reading:
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/78/infectious-bronchitis-ib/
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/disea...tion-mg-chronic-respiratory-disease-chickens/
https://extension.umaine.edu/livestock/poultry/mycoplasma-gallisepticum-faq/

Some great info. I found the last one you posted to be very informative compared to all the many many others I've read. Thanks.

 

[Chickenfever16]

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Thank you for linking those. I read them all. I love the idea of resistance breeding just not sure i could handle it. If my birds that look symptomless (so I keep them) are carriers and being in new birds that get sick, then I'll just keep having to cull birds. I culled two very aggressive roosters once. I bawled for days.

 

[Kiki]

Thank you for linking those. I read them all. I love the idea of resistance breeding just not sure i could handle it. If my birds that look symptomless (so I keep them) are carriers and being in new birds that get sick, then I'll just keep having to cull birds. I culled two very aggressive roosters once. I bawled for days.

I would get one tested so you know for sure what you are dealing with.
It might make your decision making process easier.
I hope to never have to make this decision myself. I wish you the best of luck.