Hi I'm really upset over a situation I just got myself into. I raised from the egg 6 very healthy, organic fed, nice chickens. 5 turned out to be roo's. ... so. I got three pullets to offset, and one chick because I had a moment of weakness. Well. I put them outside in a separate run in case they're sick and lo and behold they are very sick. Sneezing. Tilting head up sometimes to breathe. One does nothing but sleep. Nothing. The first day it wasn't that bad and I thought man these things are exhausted. The second day my friend brought me corrid. Today, the third day, I'm freaking out bc after researching it seems more respiratory. I will not be taking them out today. They will no longer me allowed out in the same air as my healthy babies. I get now that I shouldn't have allowed them to have the same air to begin with and I feel stupid. Do you think I have infected my whole flock? This would break my heart. I keep them as pets. If these chicks do get better and somehow my flock dodges it, will it matter? In terms of them being carriers and never being able to integrate them? So overwhelmed.
