Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG). Kill Flock or not?

[nuttyredhead]

Im not sure what i would do but my heart goes out to you. Not an easy desicion.

 

[Chic-n-farmer]

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I want to apologize to you. My outrage, over RedneckChikns comments, blinded me to what you are going through. As someone who lost their entire flock to a pack of dogs, I know how that loss it hurts. I can't imagine having to make the decision you are facing. My sincere apologies.

 

[chickengrl]

OP: I am sorry you have to deal with this. I am currently in the same boat although we are waiting yet for the actual necropsy results so that we will know what we are dealing with. I wish I had words of wisdom for you, but am searching for them for myself.

Just know that you are not alone. There are many of us out here dealing with the absolute misery and heartache of losing our chickens to a horrible disease and then having to decide which road to take. I had also hoped to raise a couple breeds for fun, do with them the best that I can and sell them, VERY proudly to folks who would enjoy and love them like I do. I to am trying to decide if I should set aside that dream and keep the girls I have and let them have the rest of their lives here with us and no longer hatch chicks either. So hard to decide, I wish you peace with whatever you go with. I don't see either as right or wrong.

Redneck Chicken: I can't even tell you how angry your post makes me. I have not felt a surge of pure anger like this in a very long time. You see, we bought some chickens at a poultry swap, probably not much different than an auction. YOU are the kind of person who continues to spread these diseases, and you don't even care the pain you have caused people and their families. Shame on you!! The only thing I can do is hope that Karma comes back to bite you.

 

[speckledhen]

It is a hard decision. If you sell hatching eggs and/or chicks and/or adults, you can't have a carrier disease in the flock that can be passed down. I hate this for you, I really do. We see it all the time here, horrible decisions that must be made, sometimes because of the uncaring actions of some bird seller. Why would anyone want to cause that pain for someone else, especially to make just a couple of bucks?

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

If it were me, I would put everybody down and start over.
Sorry you have to deal with this.

 

[chickerdoodle]

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I am heartsick for you.

I have I sweet hen right now that may have Lymphoid Leukosis. My hen is better (I took her to the avian vet twice) and if she survives my flock is closed. If she is lost I'll have a necropsy done to verify cause. If there is any chance of contagion my flock will be closed and kept as the four others are healthy and laying really well.
If they were ill I'd euthanize and start over. In your case I would recommend option 2 but as you see I cannot do that myself as all my other birds are fine and the one in question never got that ill in th first place--I just caught whatever it is early on.

It's a tough place to be in.

Redneck chicken- why would you'd say much less do such a horrendous thing--are you trolling? If your not trolling then you have set yourself up. You have heard of Karma--what goes around comes around. Bad Karma for you.

 

[JJMR794]

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THATS TYPICAL FOR PLANT CITY...

 

[MMPoultryFarms]

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Plant city eh? then only thing I want to plant is my foot in your erm nvm. you dont even deserve to own an animal But I will let that go. I just hope someone turns you into the state department of agriculture the first time you spread one of the More seriously looked at diseases that morphs from MG/MS



On another not to the poster. If you buy denagard you can mix up a solution and dip your eggs in it. Make sure you build a safe brooder for the new chicks.Once you have established the amount of chicks you desire from your (Closed flock) Send a couple chicks off to the state department of ag for free testing and makesure you are in the clear then Cull your flock. Denagard will work threw the New eggs to help them into the world free of MS/MG as they will absorb the medication before they even start developing. Also The Problem with MG is its found in like 90% of all flocks or another. It can be transmitted by a wild bird flying by and pooping in your chicken run or a mouse pooping into your feeder. its also found in 95% of all Broiler birds and I dont remember the percent in hatcherys But its pretty high.
Point being this problem is so world wide that the state department of agriculture does not few it as a endemic and will not eradicate flocks with MG/MS.The ratio of owners without MG is so small, more then half of these people on BYC carry MG/MS in some form or another. and the only responsible way to bring those ratios down is to take preventative measures I also suggest Dipping any eggs you recieve via BYC,E-bay,Craigslist or anywhere for that matter. Its responsible people that take responsible meausres that make up the 11% that dont carry the MG/MS strain.

 

[CountryFried]

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You disgust me, truly. I've spent the past 4+ months dealing with MG and MS, and I've finally come to the conclusion I have to cull. While searching for how to kill the disease in my coop and on my property, I read this. It's thanks to some *#&@(@ like YOU that I'm dealing with this. All to make $30? Thanks, this little escapade has cost me HUNDREDS, but hey, you got your $30, right?

 

[speckledhen]

Since this is an older thread, I think we'll close it. The tone of it really has degenerated and the focus has veered from the main point of the thread.