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Pyxis said:
Oh no :( I am so sorry. I would operate under the assumption that she has it. The incubation period can be up to three weeks and sometimes even if infected they do not show symptoms. Plus, since they came from the same place, she likely already had it, and just wasn't stressed enough from the move to show symptoms like the Am was. Introducing her to your flock could and likely does mean introducing this horrible disease. If it were me, I would play it safe and take her back, and then inform the breeder of what happened. Hopefully they will be responsible and stop selling birds, but I'm not holding my breath on that.

Then, keep your other birds out of the area that they were in for several months, since mycoplasma can live that long in the environment, especially in chicken poop.

If you want to know for sure if she has it, there is a lab that will test for you, but it's to the tune of over $100 if I remember correctly, so you'll have to decide if that's worth it. The lab is here. I've used them myself for testing on deer mice, they are fast and legitimate.
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Thanks for your commiserations and advise - unfortunately, I think I may have already possibly exposed our 3 adult chickens. A few days before I posted the pic which made you comment that the Easter Egger was a roo not a pullet, we had let the Sexlink & EE who by then had been in a quarantine pen for 6 weeks, on to the next step of 'look but don't touch' intro.

Neither had displayed any signs of illness, we let them free range on an area of the lawn, within a mesh fence - the adult birds wandered past and had a look, but did not have any direct contact with them. However if, as carriers of mycoplasma their feces is on that part of the lawn, which the adult birds have since had access to then they have already been exposed? None have been limping or sneezing - so would you medicate them in case of exposure, or wait and see if any symptoms appear?

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I'm getting a bit overwhelmed trying to read up on it, finding the different variants don't present the same way. Silver had the leg paralysis aspect, but her legs did not swell at all - unlike some of the hugely swollen ones I've been seeing in pics. Do you know of a specific article that you think summarizes everything well? Especially the type I'm assuming Silver had.

A stupid question on the testing, I read all the pages about the resp panel test, which includes one type of the mycoplasma, uses tracheal swabs - I'm assuming you would test the remaining live birds rather than getting a swab from the bird that died? It doesn't actually say that anywhere... thanks for the link, their summary of how it is spread etc, even reading about the variety of tests available, and the other topics from the info bar at the side of that labs website was very interesting.

Think maybe I need to develop a thicker skin, and 'chickens are livestock' attitude. Our 3 adult birds include a 4 yr old neurotic Brown Leghorn, who panics and flaps at everything, molts several times a year, doesn't lay much now she's older, and 3 year olds we raised together, a Partridge Rock and Silver Laced Wyandotte, who have both had bumblefoot. One of them eats the eggs, despite golfballs in the nesting box - and we currently get about 6 eggs a week total from all 3! My sensible brain says maybe we should cull them all, take a break for a 'decontamination' period, and start up again in the Fall. Then my 'these are my pets that I have named and choose to spend hours hanging out with every night' emotional side takes over. It's not the chicks fault the breeder who initially appeared so genuine and helpful, is useless. When I emailed her a few days after Silver got here and started sneezing, she got very defensive, told me no other birds at her place were sneezing, she had not noticed any problem with her, and she would be fine, just needed protein!

Once again thanks, I really appreciate those who have taken the time to share info with me. Time to head out to the lawnchair while the adult birds free range before dark - chicken therapy!
 
Purple Iris said:
Thanks for your commiserations and advise - unfortunately, I think I may have already possibly exposed our 3 adult chickens. A few days before I posted the pic which made you comment that the Easter Egger was a roo not a pullet, we had let the Sexlink & EE who by then had been in a quarantine pen for 6 weeks, on to the next step of 'look but don't touch' intro.

Neither had displayed any signs of illness, we let them free range on an area of the lawn, within a mesh fence - the adult birds wandered past and had a look, but did not have any direct contact with them. However if, as carriers of mycoplasma their feces is on that part of the lawn, which the adult birds have since had access to then they have already been exposed? None have been limping or sneezing - so would you medicate them in case of exposure, or wait and see if any symptoms appear?

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I'm getting a bit overwhelmed trying to read up on it, finding the different variants don't present the same way. Silver had the leg paralysis aspect, but her legs did not swell at all - unlike some of the hugely swollen ones I've been seeing in pics. Do you know of a specific article that you think summarizes everything well? Especially the type I'm assuming Silver had.

A stupid question on the testing, I read all the pages about the resp panel test, which includes one type of the mycoplasma, uses tracheal swabs - I'm assuming you would test the remaining live birds rather than getting a swab from the bird that died? It doesn't actually say that anywhere... thanks for the link, their summary of how it is spread etc, even reading about the variety of tests available, and the other topics from the info bar at the side of that labs website was very interesting.

Think maybe I need to develop a thicker skin, and 'chickens are livestock' attitude. Our 3 adult birds include a 4 yr old neurotic Brown Leghorn, who panics and flaps at everything, molts several times a year, doesn't lay much now she's older, and 3 year olds we raised together, a Partridge Rock and Silver Laced Wyandotte, who have both had bumblefoot. One of them eats the eggs, despite golfballs in the nesting box - and we currently get about 6 eggs a week total from all 3! My sensible brain says maybe we should cull them all, take a break for a 'decontamination' period, and start up again in the Fall. Then my 'these are my pets that I have named and choose to spend hours hanging out with every night' emotional side takes over. It's not the chicks fault the breeder who initially appeared so genuine and helpful, is useless. When I emailed her a few days after Silver got here and started sneezing, she got very defensive, told me no other birds at her place were sneezing, she had not noticed any problem with her, and she would be fine, just needed protein!

Once again thanks, I really appreciate those who have taken the time to share info with me. Time to head out to the lawnchair while the adult birds free range before dark - chicken therapy!
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So sorry you're going through this, I know it really sucks :(

Here's info on M. Gallisepticum:

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/disea...tion-mg-chronic-respiratory-disease-chickens/

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/mycoplasmosis/mycoplasma-gallisepticum-infection-in-poultry

And M. Synoviae:

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/diseaseinfo/99/mycoplasma-synoviae-infection-ms-infectious-synovitis/

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/mycoplasmosis/mycoplasma-synoviae-infection-in-poultry

For the testing, you would take a swab from a live bird, yes. I'm not sure I would treat the adults as infected now. If they never came into contact with the younger ones, you may be okay. Some places are saying that the bacteria survives only a couple days in the environment, which would be good if the case.

Additionally, if you still have the Am, you could send her off for a necropsy, which would tell you for sure what she died of.

That sucks that the breeder got that way. From how defensive she got, she probably knew something was wrong. Honestly, I would send the Am off for a necropsy, get the results back, and then send her a copy, but that's just me being vindictive.
 
Gramma Chick said:
Also why do the chickens cross the road ?
What is over there that they like ? bird seed ?
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Heres the fence pics I promised
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Thanks.
They started to cross the road for worms on a rainy day. Then they saw him throwing down grass seed. Now they know his yard has tasty bugs and plants. I'd like to fence for now, but I'm about one week away from delivering my baby. The mere thought is daunting.
So far a few days locked in the coop has been ok. Later tonight I'll let them out for a few hours with lots of bribes to stay in the back.
 
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