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I always forget the Oxine....very good advice! Something else you should think about. If you choose not to cull your existing flock, if you need to introduce more birds I would get them from a hatchery that will do these vaccinations for you. The birds would still need to be housed seperately for months so that the immunities can develope. You could also buy the vaccines yourself and do them at home. The Poulvac [coryza vaccine] is given to chicks at 8 weeks of age and then again in 3-4 weeks. MG Bac [crd] is given at one - ten weeks of age, then again in 4 weeks. Neither is cheap, I buy mine from Jeffers, and you would still need to provide a seperate place for the new birds to be, like a new building away from the one you currently use for your birds. This is why so many tell you to cull and start over. The logistics of keeping sick birds are over the top and no matter how well you think you're doing, you will always have more deaths. I know how you feel.....it's like admitting defeat to just stop, cull and start again. Sometimes though it may be the smartest thing to do in the end. I don't know, I'm not there myself yet. Wait for the necropsy report and see if it helps.