Respiratory issue

[Brandysgirls]

So I’m new to chickens by about 4 months! I’m loving it. I got some jersey giants from someone and quarantined them and about a week after I got them they started to sneeze and gurgle and coughI treated with antibiotics but was told by a lot of ppl that if I kept them they would carry it forever. So we culled themMy question is has that been u guys Experience with any respiratory issues? Do you think it’s a good idea to call them if I don’t want a closed flock?I’ve been second-guessing myself since I did it and in case anything like that ever happens again I would like to know with certainty if I’m doing the right thing or not. Thanks so much for the answers and hope y’all have a great day!

 

[Eggcessive]

Were those chickens quarantined away from your other chickens before they were culled?

Any time you get chickens from someone else you are gambling that none of their birds have been exposed to a carrier of respiratory diseases. Most of the respiratory diseases, such as MG, coryza, ILT, are chronic and they will be carriers for life, and that includes flock members who don’t even become symptomatic. Infectious bronchitis, another disease, lasts about a month and leaves them carriers for 5 months to a year.

Some of these diseases will only remain alive for several days in the environment, once chickens are gone, while some may linger for a couple of weeks. I will only get baby chicks from a hatchery or perhaps a feed store if I trust them. That way, you are not bringing home someone else’s problems. Here is a good reference about common diseases including respiratory ones:
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

 

[Brandysgirls]

Were those chickens quarantined away from your other chickens before they were culled?

Any time you get chickens from someone else you are gambling that none of their birds have been exposed to a carrier of respiratory diseases. Most of the respiratory diseases, such as MG, coryza, ILT, are chronic and they will be carriers for life, and that includes flock members who don’t even become symptomatic. Infectious bronchitis, another disease, lasts about a month and leaves them carriers for 5 months to a year.

Some of these diseases will only remain alive for several days in the environment, once chickens are gone, while some may linger for a couple of weeks. I will only get baby chicks from a hatchery or perhaps a feed store if I trust them. That way, you are not bringing home someone else’s problems. Here is a good reference about common diseases including respiratory ones:
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

Thanks so much and no they weren’t

Were those chickens quarantined away from your other chickens before they were culled?

Any time you get chickens from someone else you are gambling that none of their birds have been exposed to a carrier of respiratory diseases. Most of the respiratory diseases, such as MG, coryza, ILT, are chronic and they will be carriers for life, and that includes flock members who don’t even become symptomatic. Infectious bronchitis, another disease, lasts about a month and leaves them carriers for 5 months to a year.

Some of these diseases will only remain alive for several days in the environment, once chickens are gone, while some may linger for a couple of weeks. I will only get baby chicks from a hatchery or perhaps a feed store if I trust them. That way, you are not bringing home someone else’s problems. Here is a good reference about common diseases including respiratory ones:
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

so I have 2 cops and I had just gotten 3 other chickens a few days before so we put them with those 3. In my big coop I only had my lavenders so they weren’t with them.