Starting over with chickens

[ronott1]

Welcome to backyard chickens!
I am sorry you lost the first flock. It is great that you are getting a new flock though

 

[007Sean]

Howdy Happy to have you join the family. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

 

[Pork Pie]

Welcome to BYC and good luck with your breeding plans. I'm sure there will be threads dedicated to the breeds you are interested in.

 

[N F C]

Wish you the best with your new upcoming flock!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us
So sorry you lost your first flock

 

[MrsMistyReal]

Good morning welcome aboard to BYC family gr8 people tons of information, loads of fun, enjoy shake your tail feathers

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

I had MS in my first flock which was determined came from wild birds but we will never be 100% sure. I chose to treat the flock instead of culling. It was a learning experience I am so glad I decided to do. Expensive antibiotics, time consuming to drain fluid from the tendon sheathes, miles and miles of vet wrap, but 8 months later the birds were deemed clean. I moved to birds to new ground, new coop and never saw this nasty bacteria again, even in new added chicks or chickens.

But, all this being said, I would not do this again in the future and would probably cull as well.

Welcome to our roost!

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC. Good luck in establishing/maintaining a 'clean' flock.

 

[Chickmom240409]

Yes, you make sure they don' get it by following the cleaning and sanitizing needed in coop. Lime in the run outside and waiting a few weeks. The bacterium needs a host to survive so it will die after a few days.
Light also is one of the major killers of this bacterium

 

[BantyChooks]

Welcome to BYC. Do you know of the source where your birds contracted this?