M. Gallisepticum in my flock. Safest way to repopulate?

[NHchicks]

Is oxine more toxic or less toxic than bleach?

 

[no1hilbily]

If they get it from wild birds how will you keep the new one from being exposed i hues what im asking is it worth the trouble to do all that then get new birds and still have exposer being a great possibility

 

[sonew123]

Im so sorry-I cant imagine being faced with this disease..knock on wood...I don't know if I could cull my flocks myself. I cull and process all the time solo-but for other reasons-this one would be alot harder I would for sure keep a closed flock and just raise them for eggs...No new birds-no new chicks Wait until old age took them.or cull when illness seems to kick in on a one by one basis...Give myself a long break from chickens and restart after cleaning the living snot out of everything or replacing things..I hope the best for you and your decisions

 

[onthespot]

If in fact most backyard flocks have it, why cull a whole flock? It is a reality that we all have to deal with, whether there are symptoms or not. Those that think they "have never had to deal with it" probably are right now. They just don't know it. I believe resistant birds are the only way to go. If you cull all your asymptomatic birds, you have killed all the ones that are resistant and able to live with it. Now, those very same birds, if they got stressed, moved to a new home, or fed poor food, or had too many birds in too small of a space and lots of social stress on them, would probably show symptoms. That goes for most people's flocks on here, whether they choose to believe it or not. Do the math, 80-90k members, 85% of flocks infected... chances are there are 60-70k infected flocks represented by the people who post here. If it was not something you can live with, there would be no BYC.

 

[nnbreeder]

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I've read and was told you can clean and spray everything down with bleach solution once a week for 4 weeks.

Thank you

But you can not sanitize dirt and you free-range right? I would just stay the course with your flock.

Unless you build a clean room that would make the best computer companies jealous sickness will get into your flock, count on it.

 

[CMV]

So sorry Kansaseq. I was hoping for better news. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

 

[Judy]

I have also read that that 85% figure is way off, way too high.

If you do keep your flock, please don't sell birds or hatching eggs.

 

[Kansaseq]

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That is why this is such a heartache; this is how I made extra feed money and kept my flock numbers in check. Now, if I want to reduce numbers, the 'extras' will have to go to the cleaning woman at work

No more selling them to a new home. And watching my flock feed this morning, trying to decide who was 'extra' became a LOT more difficult.

 

[RedRoosterFarm]

Please forgive me for being stupid but..... if Mycoplasma Gallisepticum is transmitted through the egg does it infect ever egg? lets say you hatch a load of chicks from the infected birds. Will every bird get it or can you vaccinate the chicks?Also if your chicks have it when will it show up? I know that first state vet supply has the vaccine for like 100 bucks for 1000 doses. I wonder if that would help? Peter Brown would be someone to talk to about this maybe? I do mereks and was going to vaccinate for the Mycoplasma Gallisepticum but what if you have it and dont know? You would have to have all the birds tested. OUCH! $$$ it will run into hundreds and also if you buy eggs or chicks from someone else you may get it throught them too. It stinks! Good luck and hope it was just the one bird. Hang in there.

 

[Kansaseq]

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I've read that it can pass through to the egg, and does so in about 10% of them ( someone please correct me if I'm wrong).

Thank you, everyone for the support. This just sucks.