Someone please help urgent!!!!

[Hunter81103]

So I’m relatively new to chickens I started out with 12 now I have 30 and about two weeks ago almost all my chickens fell ill with what I believe is mycoplasma it start with one and slowly almost affected all of them, so I treat him on antibiotics for two weeks and they all looked great, but then a few days later another one that had not previously gotten it got it and then a second one and then one that already has been treated for it got it again and now it looks like two more that I have already treated for two weeks or getting it again I am afraid and it is going to spread through the whole flock again I’ve had to throw away the eggs for the past three weeks in a couple days if I do not give them any more medicine I can keep them and I am kind of tired of giving them shots, what should I do I don’t wanna get my whole flock infected I already have three of them quarantined by themselves but I can’t hold much more in quarantine, any help would be appreciated thank you

 

[Chookchicken]

What are the symptoms? And how are they ill?

 

[Hunter81103]

What are the symptoms? And how are they ill?

Bubbles in eyes, mucus in mouths and nostrils ( it looks like mucus), extending neck forward and making noises like they are congested is the only way I know how to explain it, they tick their head in most the day and don’t move much

 

[Nanny Sway]

I have a beautiful little silky. She is a fighter. She ate some fire ant poison and became sick. She's fighting. I thought last night she'd be gone come morning but I was wrong. Anyone have experience with this ..is there something I can do ?

 

[Myrshine]

It indeed does sound like Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG/CRD). MG is a serious life long bacterial infection of poultry. This disease is chronic, meaning that symptoms can go away and reappear at anytime, especially if they get stressed. All asymptomatic birds are lifetime carriers, spreading and shedding the bacteria from their feces, dander, feathers, respiratory secretions and other bodily fluids. I also highly recommend that you NEVER breed from your sick birds, because the MG bacteria can spread to the offspring from the infected parents to the developing embryo, making any chicks that happen to hatch, will be already sick with the bacteria and the cycle starts over again. It is best to keep a closed flock- meaning that you shouldn’t bring in anymore birds to your infected flock and don’t let any birds leave your sick flock. If you choose not to cull your birds, let them live their lives, until they pass away by themselves. I would highly suggest and recommend that you cull the sickest bird and send it off for a necropsy test. It is critical in poultry to get your sick birds tested because most of these diseases can be serious and/or fatal.

Here’s two great places where you can either send out a live sample or a necropsy sample:
https://www.zoologix.com/avian/index.htm
http://www.vetdna.com

Here’s more information about MG: https://extension.umd.edu/sites/ext... Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf