Pretty much no issues since I started cleaning regularly. I also didn’t have chickens for about a year, but that choice was made later, and I’ve found a different feeder that keeps out the wild birds but it doesn’t seem you have that problem. You don’t have to clean really often, once or twice a year depending on your preference and how often you add chicks. I do it yearly before I apply new whitewash to the interior.
Activated oxine and Virkon S are both approved for use around your animals. I have a lot of allergies and chemical sensitivities, both skin and breathing issues, but I can use them both with no issues. I tend to rotate between the two.
her hens with local chicks and then didn't have the deaths anymore.
I just sent overnight another swab and blood. I am now testing for Mycoplasma (some have had several symptoms as mine and no respiratory), Fowl Cholera, Avian Influenza, Avian Leukosis Virus and Newcastle disease. If I still come up empty I will cull and submit for necropsy. If I can get an answer that might help my two isolated hens survive and walk again, I will do that before culling
Thanks for the update. There’s really not much you can do, but it makes sense that it’s a viral tumor disease since the symptoms are so similar to Marek’s.
