Cocci is really the least of your troubles-it is not actually a "lifetime carrier" disease. Oocysts are in the soil and there are about 9 types of them. You can have a cocci outbreak just when you have a run of wet warm weather and young birds are on the ground. It's fairly common and treatable. They usually grow out of their susceptibility to that disease.
Colleen, it's true that if a bird is a carrier of something, it still may not show up during the 30 day period of quarantine. The simple truth is that you gamble every time you bring in an outside bird, period. The 30 days is the least you can do to protect existing birds. Still, it very well may not be enough, in some cases.
Colleen, it's true that if a bird is a carrier of something, it still may not show up during the 30 day period of quarantine. The simple truth is that you gamble every time you bring in an outside bird, period. The 30 days is the least you can do to protect existing birds. Still, it very well may not be enough, in some cases.
