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

[RedRoosterFarm]

I was reading that you have to re vaccinate so two times but im wondering if there is a posibility of birds still getting it if you brin a sick one on the farm? So much info and everyones is different so its hard to know what to do.
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[Kansaseq]

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If it's possible to infect a vaccinated bird, that would tell me the vaccine is not effective.

 

[RedRoosterFarm]

I know but I guess I wonder if its 100%
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If it's possible to infect a vaccinated bird, that would tell me the vaccine is not effective.

 

[dlecolst]

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I know that properly cooked meat and eggs are safe to eat, but what about those who enjoy eating/drinking raw eggs from a MG/MS infected bird. Are there any additional risks?

 

[chickengrl]

MG and MS are species specific and do not pass to humans. I would be more worried about salmonella with uncooked eggs. It is supposed to be less common in small flocks. Hope that helps.

 

[dlecolst]

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That does help. Thank you very much!

 

[dlecolst]

For those people that have closed flocks due to a confirmed outbreak of MG, do you still isolate birds as symptoms appear, or do you let them stay amongst the others? Obviously it's assumed that all members already have it, however would the isolation prove to be less stressful and hopefully lead to a quicker turn around.

 

[dukecitychick]

PING!

I want to hear the answer to this because I think I'm in the same boat. My original "flock" (=4 hens) got a whole bunch of things including coryza due to my poor biosecurity. One Ameracauna survived, kept laying, and never had any symptoms of anything. I know that she is probably a carrier of all that junk but I went ahead and got 10 chicks this spring because I wanted more eggs and some broilers. One BO dropped dead with no apparent symptoms of anything, two more (a barred rock and a mutt) got foamy eyes/lethargic and we culled them. Now I have another BO and a mutt roo with the same symptoms. It doesn't have the coryza stink so I'm thinking MG/MS but not sure. I have a call into the extension office and am hoping I can get a culture done to find out what it is.

Anyways, the point is if I don't want to cull everybody right now (I don't show or sell, they're mostly pets) should I keep culling at the first symptom or is it likely that they've all been exposed and I should give them a chance to get through it? Or is that cruel to the sick ones (crueler than culling)?

My DH is pretty resistant to culling everyone and starting over - at this point I think he's ready to be done with chickens and he doesn't want to cull birds that aren't sick. I know I should have culled the surviving Ameracauna before getting the new chicks but she's so sweet and I just couldn't do it. Sigh.

 

[1livelychick]

So Sorry for your problems. I completely endorse the closed flock and enjoy your birds. I am also a big believer in Oxine. I use it everyday. I even clean my goats stall out everyday and mist the floor prior to clean shavings. I can't say enough about it! I learned about Oxine here on BYC and Shagbark's webiste. Good luck with whatever you choose to do!