Quarantine Details

[The Coastal Chicks]

I have 3- 14 week pullets and just added 3- year old hens yesterday. I know I need to keep them seperated but is the seperation at night enought? They were bathed, I checked for skin issues, bugs, sores ect... so I put them together last night. Is it too late if someone was exposed to something and/or should I go ahead and keep them seperated at night for the remaining weeks? THey all will be out and about together during the day.
Now I feel guilty...

 

[ranchhand]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=12751

Technically, they shouldn't even be sharing air for at least 30 days. Too late for that now, cross your fingers and hope for the best.

 

[patandchickens]

It is not too late to quarantine them properly -- though it'd have been better if you'd done that from the start. So that is what I recommend. Put them somewhere else (not in the coop), *all the time*, for at least a few weeks.

Good luck, have fun,

Pat

 

[The Coastal Chicks]

I know.... I just did not realize all the crud they could have and just thought if they looked/ acted healthy I would be ok.
I am sooo new at this... I will need to create a pen for them..

Thanks All!