is this mycoplasma

[TXChickie918]

Is this mycoplasma?

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like there is swelling of the sinuses on both sides. Is there any bad odor around the face? Have you seen any bubbles in the eye? Testing would be the best way to diagnose Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG.) Your state poultry lab, your local vet, or a commercial lab such as Zoologix can do pcr testing for MG and other respiratory diseases.

MG and coryza are both common causes of chronic sinus infection in chickens.

 

[TXChickie918]

It looks like there is swelling of the sinuses on both sides. Is there any bad odor around the face? Have you seen any bubbles in the eye? Testing would be the best way to diagnose Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG.) Your state poultry lab, your local vet, or a commercial lab such as Zoologix can do pcr testing for MG and other respiratory diseases.

MG and coryza are both common causes of chronic sinus infection in chickens.

There are a couple of bubbles in the eye crease on one side..... I am reading it is contageous, dont hatch the eggs from the chicken that has the disease and that there is no cure and you should cull.

 

[Eggcessive]

It is true that chickens can pass MG through hatching eggs. It is contagious, and your chicken could have gotten it from another chicken who was a carrier. Is this a new chicken? Have you recently added other chickens? MG has an incubation time of about 6-10 days. It can be treated with certain antibiotics. If there is a bad odor, it might be coryza. Culling is sometimes a way of controlling the spread. Some chickens recover, but can have an outbreak again later, and they are carriers.

 

[Punkybrewster]

If they indeed test for MG, you have 2 options.

1- cull your flock, sanitize/wash the whole coop along with the feeders and waterers then leave the coop and run empty for a month and start over.

2- Treat your birds and keep the ones that survive knowing they will be carriers for life and will occasionally have a relapse.
You can eat the eggs and process the meat to eat but selling hatching eggs or chicks/grown birds will pass the disease along to someones flock. Any new birds will contract this too. Many people choose this route and keep their flock closed.

 

[TXChickie918]

If they indeed test for MG, you have 2 options.

1- cull your flock, sanitize/wash the whole coop along with the feeders and waterers then leave the coop and run empty for a month and start over.

2- Treat your birds and keep the ones that survive knowing they will be carriers for life and will occasionally have a relapse.
You can eat the eggs and process the meat to eat but selling hatching eggs or chicks/grown birds will pass the disease along to someones flock. Any new birds will contract this too. Many people choose this route and keep their flock closed.

This is a flock of 50 6 month olds so culling all 50 and the amount of money I have spent is not an option at all but I do want babies from them and not having babies from them will be an issue as I have several very nice breeds in this group. This totally sucks

 

[Punkybrewster]

It does.

I made a stupid mistake this past spring and had to cull a couple of very expensive flocks myself and start over.

Ive had chickens most of my life and this is the first time to have MG infect my flocks.

It was heartbreaking but in order to breed and sell chicks and hatching eggs, i did it and moved on. It has set me back quite a few months but in the end i made the right decision.

It did cross my mind to just keep them for home use because they were so sweet but any close proximity to a healthy flock i may have in the future was too much of a risk for me.

Imagine having to change your shoes and clothing and sanitize yourself just to be able to visit, feed or collect eggs between a healthy flock and a contaminated flock. And cleaning the coop out....

Some folks do it. I commend them. But its not a situation im willing to be in.