Quarantine info

[1realmom]

I know quarantining new chickens has been discussed before, but I didn't see anything about newly hatched chicks. If I'm getting day old chicks from a reputable hatchery should I still quarantine from my week old chicks that came fro tsc? We were going to put a divider in the brooder box, but I was reading that a lot of times the sickness they share could be air born.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I wouldn't bother quarantining chicks in that situation. Big hatcheries are good at maintaining biosecurity plus newly hatched chicks are the most unlikely to be vectors for disease.

 

[1realmom]

I wouldn't bother quarantining chicks in that situation. Big hatcheries are good at maintaining biosecurity plus newly hatched chicks are the most unlikely to be vectors for disease.

Thanks! That's what I was thinking, but wanted to get a more experienced person's opinion.

 

[DoxonFarms]

Had the same question, good to know.