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triciayoung said:
Welcome to BYC. I would test your 6-year old based on the symptoms of the two you lost, before you bring the younger ones in. I like this lab https://www.vetdna.com/about-us, because they do not have reporting requirements. Results go only to you. There is a good symptom checker here: https://www.poultrydvm.com/views/symptoms.php, that can help you narrow it down to 5-6 things to test for...maybe less.

The reason I think this is important is based on a mistake I previously made. I took in my vets three lavender orphingtons that she could no longer care for. They were 2-years older than my oldest flock. I quarantined. About 3-months after I had them one of my chickens became very sick. She passed before I could get testing and the only vet that would see chickens was on vacation. We drove 2-hours to take her to an emergency vet clinic that said they would see chickens, but they were useless. I tested two chickens from my flock for many respiratory illnesses. They ended up testing positive for infectious coryza. Even if you quarantine, birds that have recovered from certain illnesses won't show symptoms, or may not again unless there is a stressor.

If your flock gets one of these chronic diseases, if culling is not an option for you, as it is not for me...you will have to close your flock.
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Thanks for the info. The two I lost didn't have any symptoms that I noticed, they were fine and then they had died. One right in front of me even! They died a couple months apart. My other two seem good..but need a deworming at the moment.
 
Henflummoxed said:
Thanks for the info. The two I lost didn't have any symptoms that I noticed, they were fine and then they had died. One right in front of me even! They died a couple months apart. My other two seem good..but need a deworming at the moment.
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Sudden death is a symptom in the symptom checker.
 

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