Hi All!
I've got two Cockerals, and one hen all with clear watery eyes, one eye on each bird has matted closed, no eye drainage. Clear fluid from one's nostrils. No coughing, sneezing so far. Wattles on only one roo is hot to the touch.
Edit to Add: I just caught the other two - there is some facial swelling on the right side, beginning of POSSIBLE gasping from being chased and caught, and all three have the right eye affected.
This morning, the RIR cockeral was standing IN the watering pan. (fever?)
I've got no way to isolate three chickens (only one dog travel cage, will hold two if pushed, but not all three, and the roos already fight each other).
The hen was aquired from a local breeder on 9/21; the cockerals on 9/28 from same breeder.
None of our "original flock" appear to be infected. Does this make them the probable carriers of whatever it is? These birds came from a neighbor who's kept chickens for years, and we've swapped birds back and forth since last May. They're all McMurray birds.
Or did the "New Birds" bring it with them? any way to tell?
How is this going to affect the 10-day-old chicks who will be joining the flock next month?
Am I going to have to "cull" the entire flock and start over??
[I don't want to have to tell my 10 yr old that his birds are sick, and need to be put down]
Kathy
I've got two Cockerals, and one hen all with clear watery eyes, one eye on each bird has matted closed, no eye drainage. Clear fluid from one's nostrils. No coughing, sneezing so far. Wattles on only one roo is hot to the touch.
Edit to Add: I just caught the other two - there is some facial swelling on the right side, beginning of POSSIBLE gasping from being chased and caught, and all three have the right eye affected.
This morning, the RIR cockeral was standing IN the watering pan. (fever?)
I've got no way to isolate three chickens (only one dog travel cage, will hold two if pushed, but not all three, and the roos already fight each other).

The hen was aquired from a local breeder on 9/21; the cockerals on 9/28 from same breeder.
None of our "original flock" appear to be infected. Does this make them the probable carriers of whatever it is? These birds came from a neighbor who's kept chickens for years, and we've swapped birds back and forth since last May. They're all McMurray birds.
Or did the "New Birds" bring it with them? any way to tell?
How is this going to affect the 10-day-old chicks who will be joining the flock next month?
Am I going to have to "cull" the entire flock and start over??

[I don't want to have to tell my 10 yr old that his birds are sick, and need to be put down]
Kathy
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