Let's Talk About Why You Should Quarantine New Birds

[GlicksChicks]

Many people are told to quarantine a new bird before introducing it to your current ones, whether it be chickens, ducks, or the like. Yet some people may not listen until they have experienced the negative results of not quarantining. Even then some people don't listen.

Share your stories of what you found wrong with a bird when quarantining, or what went wrong when you didn't quarantine or didn't do it long enough.

Maybe a thread like this will help convince some people to quarantine their birds when they can hear more about why to quarantine the birds!

 

[GlicksChicks]

This is the experience I just had, the reason I decided to start this thread.

Today I got a rooster that someone was getting rid of because they weren't allowed to have rooster. A GLW. He is a pretty guy, so I hope he is well behaved so he can stay.

Well, I brought him home. He seemed just fine. No lethargy, injuries, or mites. He seemed fine, that is, until he pooped. When he pooped I saw worms in the dropping. That wouldn't have been good to put in my coop.

Now he is getting dewormed before he can go into the coop with my chickens.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

I always quarantine my birds so they can understand that this is their new home, then I do see-no-touch

 

[aart]

Many people are told to quarantine a new bird before introducing it to your current ones

Yes...and many people don't understand what quarantine actually entails. Here is a good article about it:
BYC Medical Quarantine Article

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Yes...and many people don't understand what quarantine actually entails. Here is a good article about it:
BYC Medical Quarantine Article

This link isn't opening (at least not for me).

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

This link isn't opening (at least not for me).

Same for me

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

This was back when we were all still stupid to chickens, so yes this was a very bad move. We went to a chicken swap and I wanted an Ayam Cemani, and I happened to find a hen that is an Ayam Cemani mix (not purebred, but she is still pretty). When we came back home, we immediately put Crow into the pen. Apparently Crow had been carrying something because coccidiosis broke out in the flock, and I think about three chickens died (I would remember how many, but we also had fowl pox going on at the time).

 

[Azhtann]

My first flock of six Jersey Giants was wiped out by not quarantining. Before I started putting locks on my cage doors, I had someone decide to add a rooster to my chicken pen. At the time, I only wanted six (silly, I know!) and had no desire for a rooster. I came home to an extra bird, and me being the only one in my neighborhood with chickens. I didn't have another cage to put him in, and he ended up not being a gentleman. He killed my hens. I wish I knew who dumped him so I could have returned the favor. I also wish that I had removed him and found somewhere to put him instead of letting him stay for fear he would be eaten by predators if released.

 

[aart]

This link isn't opening (at least not for me).

Same for me

Sorry about that.
Think I fixed it, try again?

 

[05cassie25]

No horror stories (only have had my original hens so far), but a question. I see people saying they get day old chicks and then put under a broody if they don’t have fertilized eggs, how would that quarantine situation work?