As I read through the following article (https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/chicken-diseases-information-on-ms-mg-ilt-ib-abc-and-123) I have to come to a stark realization that in any free range or pastured poultry set up (small scale of 30 - 50 birds ) there is virtually no way to avoid CRD. If you have your flock running around a pasture, where there will be obvious wild bird contact, there appears to be virtually no way to avoid it. In addition, with such spotty at best testing programs from hatcheries, you have very little way, even if you chose to, avoid truly bio-secure flocks.
So this brings me to this question, is the above assumption correct? I don't mean anecdotally, I mean in reality. In terms of pragmatic management, how would one deal with this? Does anyone have any experience with a largish flock with CRD? If so, how do you keep in control the outbreaks and manage the introduction of new stock?
Thanks so much!
Christian
So this brings me to this question, is the above assumption correct? I don't mean anecdotally, I mean in reality. In terms of pragmatic management, how would one deal with this? Does anyone have any experience with a largish flock with CRD? If so, how do you keep in control the outbreaks and manage the introduction of new stock?
Thanks so much!
Christian