How long to isolate new chicken??

[brunks]

If I purchase a chicken at an auction or swap meet, how long do I isolate the chicken? Are there any other concerns, I should be worried about?

 

[Judy]

A fairly safe way to do this is keep her separate for 3-4 weeks then put one from your flock with her for a few weeks, which could reveal a carrier state in the new one. I'd always check a swap meet chicken for lice/mites, including scaly leg mites. I'd consider worming as well.

 

[wekiva bird]

4 weeks to be on the safe side .

 

[schellie69]

30 days and make sure that when you take care of the new chicken you wear different clothes and shoes then what you wear when you take care of your flock. I would also after the 30 days put a chicken from your flock in with the new one for another weeks or so then introduce both birds into the flock it is always better to introduce more then 1 chicken into a flock at a time since they due tend to pick on the lone chicken.

 

[Mrs. K]

I see that you have 40 chickens in your byline, I would be hesitant to adding 1 chicken to 40. If you are at the beginning of your quarantine, I would get a couple more chickens to add to the main flock. So that you are adding a small flock to the larger flock.

just my 2 cents. MrsK

 

[pigfarmer]

I use the 4 week rule, works for me.
I had brought in 2 Ameraucana roosters, to find they had scaley leg mites.
I treated them with Ivermectin, which worked great, and no reoccurrance.
It also works for deworming.