infectious coryza? or MG?

[TherryChicken]

I scrub myself clean and wash my hair daily before I check on the chicks

 

[nuttinfancy]

But to keep from spreading sickness you would have to do that after you check on any sick ones. So you would have to wash, check on healthy chickens, then the sick ones, then wash again, and disinfect shoes and wash your clothes. And if you have any in the house you could expose them to a disease simply by coming in to wash and change.

 

[TherryChicken]

The chicks are shut in my bedroom in the brooder. I come in, remove my clothes, put them in the laumdry basket, then get into the shower. I scrub clean with a wash cloth and dove soap, neck to toe. Then I wash my hair with shampoo and conditioner and then scrub my face and put my acne cleanser on. After that I dry off get dressed then go in there. I do not have any clothes on that I wore that day nor do I take my shoes in their either. I only go in once a day to check food and water and see how everyone is doing. After that it starts all over again the next day, but I shower at night and check the chicks at night after im done with all my other birds, ones sick or not.

 

[nuttinfancy]

You are doing a good job of reducing the risk then. Everyone in the house would have to follow those same procedures though to further reduce the chance of exposure to the healthy ones. And another thing to remember, if you keep the clothes in the bathroom, you are re-exposing yourself (hair and nasal passages) to the disease. Look up Biosecurity in some of those threads for MG and see what all you need to do. Have you received word from the Vet on the diagnosis?

 

[TherryChicken]

I didn't think of that. Ill have to put my clothes in a trash baggy n close it everytime then and I let no one in my room due to the risk. We called the vet back again yesterday and they said they got the results in, but they said they were confusing and will have to call the lab and talk to them and then give us a call back.

 

[nuttinfancy]

Hopefully you can get some answers from them soon and they should help you decide a plan for your chickens. They will probably have printed info on the disease and biosecurity measures should you decide to keep your flock. I really sympathize with you- I had to cull 43 chickens because of Mycoplasma. I lost 4 to the disease but the others just kept getting sick and I was always having to do antibiotics. It was just too much for me to watch them get sick over and over. It was not a good quality of life for them. I do hope to start over with new chickens and I will do my best to protect them with all the biosecurity measures I have learned.

 

[TherryChicken]

I think that is exactly what we will do. A friend of my mother's and a buyer of chicks I hatch (not from my group) said he can cull them for us. We told him everything so he knows what is going on. I also hope so. We have some chicks and my hen and roo seperated. Hoping to save them, but we will have them tested later after the others.

 

[TherryChicken]

Ducks and quail can get it too am I correct

 

[TherryChicken]

They are NEGATIVE!!! WOOO

 

[dawg53]

They are NEGATIVE!!! WOOO

Could you post a photo copy of the report please?