Where can I test my birds?

[ChickenLoverz123]

Also do you know how to get serum from a chicken?? @Kiki the Texas lab says it needs a serum sample for MG/MS

 

[Kiki]

Also do you know how to get serum from a chicken?? @Kiki the Texas lab says it needs a serum sample for MG/MS
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Call them tomorrow. They will tell you exactly what to do.

 

[getaclue]

Let the fowl pox run their course. No need to separate them. Once it's done, they will be immune for life. MG isn't usually too big of a deal, especially when it's brought on due to lowered resistance due to the fowl pox. It's not hard to treat them for it. IF it was mainly due to their resistance being low, once they've recovered from both, it probably won't be an issue in the future.

 

[NatJ]

MG isn't usually too big of a deal, especially when it's brought on due to lowered resistance due to the fowl pox. It's not hard to treat them for it. IF it was mainly due to their resistance being low, once they've recovered from both, it probably won't be an issue in the future.

If MG is Mycoplasma Gallisepticum, sometimes it IS a big deal
There was a thread recently where a person's birds had it, some very sick and some dying of it, and their state had rules about how they needed to deal with it. I think that poster ended up euthanizing all the remaining birds.
Here it is:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/have-to-kill-all-my-chickens-tomorrow.1428609/


@ChickenLoverz123 I think it's good that you are trying to figure out just what your birds do have. You don't want to over-react to something minor, or ignore something serious, so testing is a good way to sort that out.

 

[Kiki]

MG is a big deal to me.
I would never want to have to deal with it.

 

[getaclue]

I did not say MG can't be a big deal. I said it usually isn't with treatment, depending on several factors. Yes, they're carriers, but can not transmit it to people, and eating the eggs is safe. There are multiple types of Mycoplasma that show similar symptoms, however, there are other types of respiratory illnesses that present in much the same manner as MG, so this may not be MG.

Regardless, from what the OP has said, the stress, and lowered resistance/immunity from the Fowl Pox, seems to have allowed a secondary type infection. It could be a Mycoplasma, or other type respiratory illness, but Tylan, Tylison, Baytril, and Doxycycline, can usually help clear up the symptoms, even if it is MG. If it is MG, not just a milder Mycoplasma, or respiratory infection, once treated and the symptoms are gone, they tend to fall into one of 3 categories.

No, you won't be able to sell the chicks/chickens until the flock has died off, or been dispatched, then you've disinfected, and allowed enough time, so that the MG has died off, and can't be re-introduced. No, you won't be able to add to your flock. No, it's not exactly what you wanted, but it's the hand that's been dealt, and as far as diseases go, there are much worse out there. Personally I'd treat them, keep note of which ones presented with bubble eyes, and a respiratory issue, than save up to have those tested later on. It might surprise you that they don't have MG, rather another type Mycoplasma, or respiratory problem, that was cleared up with the antibiotics. At least that way you would know for sure. At that time, when you know one way, or another, then decide what to do.

https://poultrykeeper.com/respiratory-problems/mycoplasma/

https://www.mypetchicken.com/backyard-chickens/chicken-help/All-about-Mycoplasma-disease-H256.aspx

http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/mycoplasma-gallisepticum

https://www.hobbyfarms.com/mycoplasmosis-in-chickens-2/

 

[NatJ]

I did not say MG can't be a big deal. I said it usually isn't with treatment, depending on several factors....No, you won't be able to sell the chicks/chickens until the flock has died off, or been dispatched, then you've disinfected, and allowed enough time, so that the MG has died off, and can't be re-introduced.

The first post stated that OP wants to SELL CHICKS, and is therefore trying to figure out what the chickens have. So if these particular chickens have MG, that could require dispatching the whole lot, disinfecting, waiting, and starting over from scratch-- sounds like a big deal to me, in this particular case.

(I definitely hope OP's chickens do not have MG!)

 

[ChickenLoverz123]

The first post stated that OP wants to SELL CHICKS, and is therefore trying to figure out what the chickens have. So if these particular chickens have MG, that could require dispatching the whole lot, disinfecting, waiting, and starting over from scratch-- sounds like a big deal to me, in this particular case.

(I definitely hope OP's chickens do not have MG!)

Thank you! I have invested a lot of time, effort and money in to these birds so I really hope it isn’t MG.

 

[ChickenLoverz123]

MG is a big deal to me.
I would never want to have to deal with it.

Same here. Really, really hoping it’s just fowl pox!

 

[ChickenLoverz123]

I did not say MG can't be a big deal. I said it usually isn't with treatment, depending on several factors. Yes, they're carriers, but can not transmit it to people, and eating the eggs is safe. There are multiple types of Mycoplasma that show similar symptoms, however, there are other types of respiratory illnesses that present in much the same manner as MG, so this may not be MG.

Regardless, from what the OP has said, the stress, and lowered resistance/immunity from the Fowl Pox, seems to have allowed a secondary type infection. It could be a Mycoplasma, or other type respiratory illness, but Tylan, Tylison, Baytril, and Doxycycline, can usually help clear up the symptoms, even if it is MG. If it is MG, not just a milder Mycoplasma, or respiratory infection, once treated and the symptoms are gone, they tend to fall into one of 3 categories.

No, you won't be able to sell the chicks/chickens until the flock has died off, or been dispatched, then you've disinfected, and allowed enough time, so that the MG has died off, and can't be re-introduced. No, you won't be able to add to your flock. No, it's not exactly what you wanted, but it's the hand that's been dealt, and as far as diseases go, there are much worse out there. Personally I'd treat them, keep note of which ones presented with bubble eyes, and a respiratory issue, than save up to have those tested later on. It might surprise you that they don't have MG, rather another type Mycoplasma, or respiratory problem, that was cleared up with the antibiotics. At least that way you would know for sure. At that time, when you know one way, or another, then decide what to do.

https://poultrykeeper.com/respiratory-problems/mycoplasma/

https://www.mypetchicken.com/backyard-chickens/chicken-help/All-about-Mycoplasma-disease-H256.aspx

http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/mycoplasma-gallisepticum

https://www.hobbyfarms.com/mycoplasmosis-in-chickens-2/

Thank you for all of those links I will definitely read them! I agree there is definitely a lot more serious diseases out there. But MG would not be fun.