Waiting on test results…

[muddy75]

So sorry for your loss

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Results came in last week, as feared, all groups were positive. After we culled the birds (thank god hubby was there for emotional support, and to catch chickens) it felt quiet and lonely on the farm, I caught myself wandering into the coop area to just hang out with the birds in the morning before realizing it was empty, just habit I guess..

Fast forward a week of angry cleaning and scrubbing and sanitizing, and more scrubbing, the main coop is almost clean to my new germaphobe standards. Virkon is my new best friend, along with a pressure washer.

A few new birds from a trusted breeder are in sterilized quarantine chicken tractors (aka currently unused meat bird tractors), I’m trying not to get attached until a month quarantine and tests are back.

New birds will be a rarity for me in the future I think. Stick to 2-3 breeds and avoid new birds is possible.

Sorry to hear all this.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm sorry, wait, did you end up having to cull ALL your birds or just the new ones? Do I understand that your original flock became infected too? I'm in shock. I'm sorry, I'm just devastated for you!

 

[WheatenLover]

I'm sorry, wait, did you end up having to cull ALL your birds or just the new ones? Do I understand that your original flock became infected too? I'm in shock. I'm sorry, I'm just devastated for you!

Yes. All of them.
When the original group tested positive, we tested all of the other pens to see if it had spread (original group is far away from main group), but the main group all tested positive. We probably unknowingly spread it to the main coop while doing chores these past months….

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I am so, so sorry. I know you will recover, but. .... I also know how heartbreaking this must be.
Prayers for faith and courage!

 

[CraziChknLady]

Not an emergency or questions, just a statement and hopefully commiseration from fellow chicken owners.
Several years ago we moved to a farm and I was finally able to expand my few backyard birds to raising and breeding rare and unusual breeds of birds. Poultry has been an absolute passion of mine since I was a child.
This past spring I obtained several birds from two different breeders of my absolute favourite and hard to find breed. These birds are housed away from my main groups in a paranoid effort to make sure they never get sick from anything the main flock might have.
This past week I noted two of the birds had bubbles in their eyes and were coughing. Antibiotics given and they were right as rain, but I swabbed them and sent a sample to the lab to test a respiratory panel to be double sure.
Results came back yesterday, the flock is positive for Mycoplasma G and S.
I am absolutely gutted, these birds have been years in the waiting and now they have an incurable disease.

I am now testing the rest of my main flock to see if they are positive, or if my paranoid quarantine may have saved the main flock I was trying to keep the rare birds from.

I am a breeder who shows at poultry shows and sells birds to others. We test birds regularly to make sure we aren’t unintentionally spreading disease, so the option to close the flock isn’t a pleasant option and one I am reluctant to consider.

Testing for the rest of the birds was sent off today. In 48 hours I’ll know if I have to cull the remainder of the flock I’ve been pouring my blood sweat and tears into, or if they are safe and will receive monthly testing for the rest of the year to make sure they’re safe.

I know this is an old post but wondering where you sent off to do your testing? Trying to do the same thing with regular testing for my flocks.