Authorities have not said what the disease was..I'm just guessing it was Mycoplasma, I don't know though, apparently the persons were into Chanteclers. If you bought hatching eggs from Joe and Mary (Merry) Honyak you should probably have your poultry tested.
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/03/nearly_200_chickens_found_in_c.html
A Connecticut couple may be facing criminal charges after the state Department of Agriculture had to euthanize more than 190 chickens found in a Plainville home this week as they were suffering from a contagious lung infection.
According to Hartford-based CBS affiliate WFSB-TV, the chickens were left in a Washington Street rental home after the couple living there was forced to leave when the house was condemned. The Hartford Courant reports that the home was condemned in January after police and fire officials were called there to investigate heavy smoke coming from the chimney, finding the chickens in the process.
Joe and Mary Honyak, the couple who previously lived in the home, had been allowed to return to care for the birds as long as they did not stay there. The house was described by police as a chicken coup, since the animals had taken over much of the building.
Neighbors told Fox Connecticut they were shocked to learn a house in their neighborhood had been occupied by so many chickens living in such poor conditions. A spokesperson from the Department of Agriculture said the investigation is ongoing and animal neglect charges may be leveled against the Honyaks in the coming weeks. The couple had advertised as being NPIP. They were not.
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/03/nearly_200_chickens_found_in_c.html
A Connecticut couple may be facing criminal charges after the state Department of Agriculture had to euthanize more than 190 chickens found in a Plainville home this week as they were suffering from a contagious lung infection.
According to Hartford-based CBS affiliate WFSB-TV, the chickens were left in a Washington Street rental home after the couple living there was forced to leave when the house was condemned. The Hartford Courant reports that the home was condemned in January after police and fire officials were called there to investigate heavy smoke coming from the chimney, finding the chickens in the process.
Joe and Mary Honyak, the couple who previously lived in the home, had been allowed to return to care for the birds as long as they did not stay there. The house was described by police as a chicken coup, since the animals had taken over much of the building.
Neighbors told Fox Connecticut they were shocked to learn a house in their neighborhood had been occupied by so many chickens living in such poor conditions. A spokesperson from the Department of Agriculture said the investigation is ongoing and animal neglect charges may be leveled against the Honyaks in the coming weeks. The couple had advertised as being NPIP. They were not.
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