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I had my vet put her down. He did not like that both eyes were terribly swollen and her head and neck was red and hot. He said he would not put her with his flock ever. These things don’t go away they just become dormant. He kindly gave her a shot and she fell asleep. Hard day.As I said before, something like infectious bronchitis is mild, short-lived, and chickens only are carriers for 5 mo up to a year depending on which source your read. I would not cull birds for that. But I would not add new birds or hatch until the end of that year. MG is very common in backyard flocks and wild birds, ducks, turkeys, etc.
The PCR test is the best one to get for MG, MS and other types of mycoplasma. Here is a good link from Georgia about testing for the different types of mycoplasma that affect poultry:
https://poultryhealthtoday.com/avian-mycoplasma-diagnostics/
Here is a good link for reading about diseases and symptoms:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044
I wouldn’t ever have felt safe with him/her.