Respiratory Issues in Flock

[Eggcessive]

If you should ever put down or lose another chicken, it would be good to keep the body cold, and have your state vet do a necropsy. They look for MG and IB among other things. If chicks that were brought in came from a breeder, then there could have been a disease passed onto your flock. Hopefully, they will get over the illness and back to good health. You will find the 3 labs in Alabama here for necropsies in order to get more info:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry...l4rPyP4Uc700UGDlSgRg8wzM0oJJdR-XLFn3O3TPZ2j8Z

 

[Mimi13]

If you should ever put down or lose another chicken, it would be good to keep the body cold, and have your state vet do a necropsy. They look for MG and IB among other things. If chicks that were brought in came from a breeder, then there could have been a disease passed onto your flock. Hopefully, they will get over the illness and back to good health. You will find the 3 labs in Alabama here for necropsies in order to get more info:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry...l4rPyP4Uc700UGDlSgRg8wzM0oJJdR-XLFn3O3TPZ2j8Z

Now that I’ve had this issue with my birds and if I unfortunately lose any, I will definitely send one of them off to the state. I will look at this info you’ve sent so I’ll know exactly what to do when the time comes, versus waiting to look at it after it happens. I have been known to put some things off.
The birds I have purchased the last two years have been from TSC. I hope they would be clear of illness, but you never know.
Thank you.

 

[Eggcessive]

Well, most chicks from feed stores come from hatcheries, so it is less likely that they brought in an illness. They can sometimes get illnesses brought in by visiting birds who use the feeders or waterers. Hopefully, they will recover in a month or so. If some are not symptomatic now, they may eventually get it, or some may have milder symptoms.