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[ozexpat]

I did not, although I didn't give them any meds at all. Truthfully, I don't think I would have been able to enjoy it after seeing it sick and killing it and then processing it (my first) anyway. I did note that it was quite heavy, though.

I called the man who buys my extra roosters and he came and got them this afternoon. Stupid me, I cried like a baby.

All my dark egg laying Marans, gone. All my lovely blue egg layers, gone. All three of my F1 Olive eggers, gone.

I kept Henrietta, the five year old hen that comes to the back door, alone, every morning. She is in the coop, in a show cage up off the floor. She will stay there for a week or so and if she doesn't get sick, I will keep her. I also have two splash Ameraucanas and a Campine rooster that I got in Ohio. They are in a couple of quarantine pens near where the others were, but I am hoping they are fine. I was planning to let them out this week, but that has changed. I will let the ground rest. My research says that the bacteria that causes Coryza, as well as several other URIs can only live three days, at the most, outside a birds body, so I will leave her off the ground for a couple of weeks, then she will have the whole coop to herself. She will not be able to free range alone, that would make her the only target. The Campines, and two Ameraucana pullets, are in a coop about 250 feet from the coop that had the sick birds.

I will treat all the remaining birds, as a precaution, with antibiotics and clean and sanitize the coops and the roosts, feeders, and waterers, as best I can.

I have in my incubator, 46 eggs, 15 of which I set for Tomtommom who has graciously agreed to let me keep them. I also have 11 eggs on the kitchen counter that will go in on Thursday. Coryza will not transmit through the eggs, so any chicks that hatch should be fine. I will see what hatches, but still may have to start over.

It's been a rough day.

I have had coryza issues in the past. These days I vaccinate and have not had a recurrance since.

 

[ozexpat]

Just a tropical depression at the moment - it will pass over our place while I am in the air tomorrow.

There is a bih mountain range between us and that little red dot.

The winds wont be much more than 40mph but it will sure dump some rain

 

[bamadude]

Just a tropical depression at the moment - it will pass over our place while I am in the air tomorrow. There is a bih mountain range between us and that little red dot. The winds wont be much more than 40mph but it will sure dump some rain

be safe dr oz

 

[beverly evans]

Wisher, sorry to hear about your bad luck with sick chickens. I have been w/o a pc for some months so had not been following your story. I lost three youngsters last month to something w/o symptoms, so when they died from one day to the next with no apparent reason why I was dumbfounded. What are the symptoms of corysa? How many did you lose? I even lost 2 to Marek's Disease a couple months ago.
Last week I lost my favorite wheaton Ameraucana to a hawk. The dog scared it off, but not before it tore her head off. She was so beautiful it just seemed somehow wrong to bury her so I saved all her pretty feathers. Once plucked it was a shame to waste all that lovely organically fed meat so I dressed her out. Now was I going to give her to someone else to eat after all my work? Heck no! She was delicious! I can't tell you how differently she tasted from store bought because I made a chicken curry with her.

 

[ronott1]

I will join if I can find some white leghorns or some nice meaty something or other (that is NOT crazy cornish) or something that lays amazingly beautiful really dark egg colors.

I hope you can find some eggs.

Blosl white rocks?

 

[ozexpat]

be safe dr oz

Please do not associate me with that blabbering dangerous idiot

but thanks for the spirit of the reply

 

[ozexpat]

What are the symptoms of corysa? How many did you lose? I even lost 2 to Marek's Disease a couple months ago.

Coryza - stinking bubbly snot. swallen eyes.

Its bacterial so treatable with antibiotics if yoy catch it fast.

I will hit my chickens at 12-16 weeks if its going to. I vaccinate at 8 and 12 weeks and I have not had any more issues.

here is a useful link

http://www.lah.de/Infectious-Coryza.89.0.html

 

[bamadude]

Please do not associate me with that blabbering dangerous idiot

but thanks for the spirit of the reply

lol. Sorry.

 

[ozexpat]

lol. Sorry.

I put that fool in the same box as that idiot who said vaccines cause autism - he lost his medical license.

Dr Oz has sold out to ratings and sensationalism. As a cardica surgeon, he should practice evidence based medicine but ignores the evidence. Its such a shame - he could have done so much good.

He belongs on Fox News

 

[bamadude]

I did not intend to offend u sir.