Game Bird Biosecurity

[Robo]

All game birds all types of quail are very vulnerable to disease. Remaining good biosecurity is key for keeping a prosperous flock. This includes putting new birds in quarentine for about a month, keeping species separated, and sanatizing equipment. One of the most common questions on this forum is "Can I Keep Quail With my Chickens?" The answer is no because there is a disease called coryza and various resperatory diseases that can ruin your flock. Coryza is a highly contageous disease that a lot of chickens are carriers of. Chickens do not show symptoms but they can spread it to your game birds. Common symptoms of this disease include swelling of the eyes, nasal area, and various parts of the face. Even though some people get by with keeping their game birds with chickens and other domestic poultry that doesn't mean you will. I lost a ton of week old quail to an Old English Game Bantam. Even if your chickens are not sick that doesn't mean they aren't carriers of coryza. After you visit any poultry show you need to disinfect you and your clothes. This can be as simple as washing and hand sanitizer. If you keep both species you should take care of the game birds first, use hand sanitizer, and then take care of the chickens. Do not interchange feeders and waterers between them because this can spread coryza. It can also be spread by you, sneezing, droppings, and feed. If you have a bird with coryza and it recovers the bird is now a carrier of the disease and can wipe out the rest of your flock if reintroduced. It's offspring will also have the disease, and will show symptoms. What works for one person may not work for you, and they will most likely find out that it won't work. The birds need to be a good distance apart or have a solid barrier between them. Here are some pictures of what it can do...

**I got these pictures from the following thread...**
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=250361
Just to clarify not my pictures, hope this thread helps a little bit despite the course it has taken...

 

[mhwc56]

 

[pringle]

Should probably sticky this,I am getting kind of tired of people asking this same question a lot.

 

[Robo]

We do need a sticky about this, a lot of people have a hard time understanding it.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Yes, but if it does become a sticky the first post should be accurate. The first post says

Coryza is a highly contageous disease that chickens are carriers of.

The correct way to phrase this is: "Coryza is a highly contagious disease that chickens MAY carry". Not all chickens carry coryza, the way you have it worded makes it sound that way, which will reduce the credibility of your post.
Also, there are more diseases that transfer from chickens to gamebirds--diseases that may or may not be deadly to chickens but will kill game birds. One of these is MG, a respiratory illness. This disease causes swelling of the sinuses, runny/watery/mucous-y eyes, sneezing, and 'rattles' when breathing.

I'm sure there are more, but this is what I know of. You should do your research and post accurate statements and facts before requesting a sticky.

ETA: It also makes the post more 'reader-friendly' if you break up each 'tip' into a new line, rather than having one huge paragraph for the entire thing. I know I often skip reading posts that have large bits of info in the same 'grouping'.​

 

[shelleyd2008]

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People will still ask it, having a sticky would just make it easier to answer them

 

[Robo]

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The correct way to phrase this is: "Coryza is a highly contagious disease that chickens MAY carry". Not all chickens carry coryza, the way you have it worded makes it sound that way, which will reduce the credibility of your post.
Also, there are more diseases that transfer from chickens to gamebirds--diseases that may or may not be deadly to chickens but will kill game birds. One of these is MG, a respiratory illness. This disease causes swelling of the sinuses, runny/watery/mucous-y eyes, sneezing, and 'rattles' when breathing.

I'm sure there are more, but this is what I know of. You should do your research and post accurate statements and facts before requesting a sticky.

ETA: It also makes the post more 'reader-friendly' if you break up each 'tip' into a new line, rather than having one huge paragraph for the entire thing. I know I often skip reading posts that have large bits of info in the same 'grouping'.

Sorry if my post sounds misleading, I was just trying to give some of the basics about biosecurity. We do need a sticky about this, since you know all about it maybe you could post a new topic? Sorry if I made you mad again I was just trying to help...

 

[shelleyd2008]

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The correct way to phrase this is: "Coryza is a highly contagious disease that chickens MAY carry". Not all chickens carry coryza, the way you have it worded makes it sound that way, which will reduce the credibility of your post.
Also, there are more diseases that transfer from chickens to gamebirds--diseases that may or may not be deadly to chickens but will kill game birds. One of these is MG, a respiratory illness. This disease causes swelling of the sinuses, runny/watery/mucous-y eyes, sneezing, and 'rattles' when breathing.

I'm sure there are more, but this is what I know of. You should do your research and post accurate statements and facts before requesting a sticky.

ETA: It also makes the post more 'reader-friendly' if you break up each 'tip' into a new line, rather than having one huge paragraph for the entire thing. I know I often skip reading posts that have large bits of info in the same 'grouping'.

Sorry if my post sounds misleading, I was just trying to give some of the basics about biosecurity. We do need a sticky about this, since you know all about it maybe you could post a new topic? Sorry if I made you mad again I was just trying to help...

What about my post makes you think I'm mad? What the heck buddy? I was just giving you tips to make your post 'better'.

Besides, me doing a post like this would never happen. I raise quail, ducks, guineas, chickens, and turkeys all in the same brooders/grow-out pens and never have any problems. So I don't agree that they are 'so' fragile.

 

[Robo]

Okay, I edited it and now it should be right. The one thing that is right is when it says what works for others may not work for you. Sorry, I must have taken the bold accurate the wrong way. Oh, and the PM from befor demanding I post information that was not controversial/slightly inaccurate.

 

[mhwc56]

okay guys ...be nice

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