frizzle,silkie,Cuckoo Maran,Showgirl,EE,Polish-Follow up thread

[sonew123]

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ok I can breath easier I guess. I do sell my eggs from time to time for hatching purposes-my other chickens eggs- not hatched from Joanies eggs.. The pullets I did manage to hatch out from her eggs are just now starting the lay-I have 2 that started laying last week and 1 more hen to go. Il just have to keep a real close eye out for a while or until I hear back from you about what to do-ish? SInce it is not treatable, I guess there is not much I can do:-(

 

[TNChicks]

Well the official Diagnosis report came in today. The actual writeup from the gross examination was a bit disturbing to read, so I'll pass on describing the exam.

The Final diagnoses reported Lymphosarcoma most likely due to Avian leukosis virus (ALV). However, no avian virology was performed at this laboratory. ALV is typically a sporadic disease and often infected/carrier birds show no clinical symptoms... So my next step was to contact the state veterinarian and inquire about getting NPIP certified. The cost here in Tennessee is $25/year and includes 25% testing of the flock. Hopefully the tester can also test for ALV when doing the other required NPIP tests.

At the very least I now have a closed flock, at least until I can determine the spread of this virus. Hopefully no others have the infection as they look healthy and act like happy chickens.

Another interesting item I discovered was that it is illegal in the state of Tennessee to import hatching eggs or chickens that are not from a NPIP certified breeder. It also looks like Joanie is out of the hatching egg business from what I can tell from the forum. She had her flock for sale back in August and mentioned moving to another location.

I'll post more after the NPIP tests are completed.

 

[TennesseeTruly]

Thanks for keeping us up to date, even though I no longer have any of the birds I bought from her. I was happy with the Polish I got from her but was furious over the SLW's I got. She and I had "words" because I had trusted her. I had purchased from her so many times, with good results.

When my SLW's were born, I could immediately tell they weren't pure as she had told me and we went round and round.

I hope all the rest of your birds are healthy and you can truly enjoy them. I know that I didn't realize how attached I was to mine until I lost them all.

Take care!

Laurie

 

[sonew123]

This truly is heartbreaking. My polish roo SL one is acting very funky and has been depreesed looking I had him cages seperately for a bit but let him out to free range with the rest yesterday-he is one of the only ones I have left from Joannies eggs...So If I have this correctly-I should not breed him because he may be a carrier? I do not have any avian vets around fr hundreds of miles let alone finding someone to test my birds:-(

 

[TNChicks]

I do not recall reading that the virus can be passed from Roo to Egg directly... But anytime you have an infected carrier bird around non infected birds, the virus can be passed through direct or indirect contact. The pullet that died from ALV was a polish/cochin/EE mix breed. I was looking through my photos and did not find one showing this pullet. Darn.

As far as not having a local poultry vet, the NPIP program has field testers that will come to test your birds. I would call you state veterinarian and inquire about your states program for NPIP certification.
ALV is not one of the test covered by the NPIP testing, but I intend to ask if they can test for this virus strain or direct me to a testing lab that can. ALV Virus testing can be done from drawn blood, freshly laid eggs or vent swabs using the ELISA antigen tests.

Good luck, and I'll let you know what I find out from the NPIP program testing.

 

[Highm8ntce]

Are you still selling eggs like you were when you posted this a number of years ago? Thanks