No good deed goes unpunished

[spook]

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As usual, I agree completely with Cyn.

Oh yeah, I agree with everyone here. After swapping a hen for a roo, I never quaretined. I was so increadibly lucky, also the previous owner did basicly the same thing I did, and it could have turned out to have become a VERY serious situation! (Thank you Frozen Feathers for your good stock!)
Do not stop that desire for new babies, it can,could,will happen to us one day. You have shown such intellegence with quaretine etc. You have done above and beyond the normal folks and if I had seen where chickens needed adopting, I'd be right there too!
Chin up and hang out with us and you'll find yourself over run with new best friends!

 

[NH Chicken Lady]

Thanks to you all for being gentle with me

When they were all sick, I didn't get many eggs. I think I did have a few wrinkly ones during that time, but only maybe 1-3 eggs total with that strange feature. It was like they had an extra few layers of shell put on.

Do you all think that my girls are still & will forever be "carriers"? Can I bring new chicks/eggs in without worry? Or do I need to start over?

 

[lovethechickens]

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What does that mean if they do lay wrinkly looking eggs?

If a chicken has the symptoms listed, and egg production slows or stops, and the eggs that do come out have a wrinkly appearance, it could be infectious bronchitis. It damages their reproductive tract and the eggs become wrinkly looking. It lasts about 2 weeks, and is treatable, but they will always be carriers. You should not add more birds until they are all gone. Some people would cull, sterilize, and start over. It depends on what you want them for. I could never do that.

 

[SpottedCrow]

You did the right things...but this still happened...they do...
I had birds that came from a place down the street. I don't know whether or not they were vaccinated against anything. I brought in a bird from a show, and 2 years later, she died of Marek's disease... so you just can't and don't know...no matter what you do...
I'll be the very last one to beat up on you for this.

Sorry you lost your birdies.

I'm still glad that you did take some of the Nevin's farm birds.

 

[priszilla]

I'm sorry.((hugs))

 

[chickn]

this is what i know, a bird can be a carrier of a disease, a bird that is a carrier i believe has been exposed to or had been sick with the disease and is recovered. your birds if never exposed to such disease will then get sick, or vise versa, i am always adding birds to my flock and have dealt with a few issues. i also have the chicken health handbook awesome book for symptoms and meds etc,

 

[greenthumb89]

im not meaning to steal the thread but i am planning on going to get some birds from an ameracauna breeder tomorrow, should i quarantine the 2 birds i am getting from the birds i have? i didnt know you had to do this but i am attached to all my chickens so far and i dont want any to die.

they are started because they are the culls from the breeder that dont have the right color patterns but i dont care about the colors i just wanted EEs and they would be a local source...

 

[PurpleChicken]

There is a possibility your older flock was infected by another source and adopting
the Humane Society birds is just a cooincidence. Anything's possible.

 

[rooster-red]

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Yes, they should be quarantined for 4 weeks away from your flock.

 

[NH Chicken Lady]

Sounds that if I want more chicks/hatching eggs, I really need to "start over"?

I cant say with certanty that it was IB, as I only got a few wrinkly eggs. But I guess I should assume that if I got one wrinkly egg, that must be the reason. (The girls are back to normal production & no weird eggs now.)

My chickens are getting older (going on 4 years old) so the egg production is dropping off.

The idea of culling my birds isn't pleasing, so I need to think about what I really want to do here. The birds are pets, but they also need to pay their own way in eggs. I'd like to find them a home, but I know no one would take them.

Funny how the humane society put me in this pickle...and I'm now talking about trying to find homes for unadoptable birds. LOL.