Do You Have to Quarantine New Chickens if You Know Where They Are Coming From

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"No need to quarantine?" New chickens

• Thread starter hartsockchicks
• Showtime date Nov 2, 2014

• #one

I came domicile to find 2 neighbor dogs in my yard. They had killed 2 chickens and bit i of the rabbits. Plus did a lot of damage to the rabbit cages.

The dog owner spoke to a local chicken hobby farmer who states we tin can have two of his chickens and at that place is no demand to quarantine them "they can go straight into our flock and they will start laying eggs that twenty-four hours." I have seen the condition of his pocket-size chicken operation and don't feel comfy with his chickens coming to my home.

I have washed a lot of research and read a lot of books earlier raising our own chickens. I have read many recommendations on the need to quarantine and why. I feel comfortable to say this is what I would do before bringing more chickens into my flock.

I would like to hear from others how they feel about bringing new chickens into there flock?
Do you quarantine or not?

• #two

I remember y'all've already answered your own question! I would nether no circumstances ever bring in someone else's birds to my flock and not quarantine them! And for a skillful 4 weeks at least. And to be honest, anyone who tells you not to quarantine is a fool! It but takes 1 bird who looks perfectly healthy to plow out to exist a carrier of some nasty illness and so you lot have it in your whole flock in the glimmer of an eye. Then you become to decide, exercise I want to try to notice out what the heck this is and treat it symptomatically, knowing my birds will now be carriers? Or practise I cull all of them and first over? Anyone who has been downward that road knows what a crummy situation that is.

• #3

At that place a several people on this site that could tell you how ill their chickens got when they brought new chickens dwelling house and plopped them right in the hen house.

• #4

I think you've already answered your ain question! I would under no circumstances e'er bring in someone else's birds to my flock and not quarantine them! And for a good 4 weeks at least. And to be honest, anyone who tells you not to quarantine is a fool! It only takes one bird who looks perfectly healthy to turn out to exist a carrier of some nasty disease and so you take it in your whole flock in the blink of an eye. Then you get to decide, exercise I desire to try to find out what the heck this is and treat it symptomatically, knowing my birds will at present be carriers? Or practice I choose all of them and start over? Anyone who has been downward that road knows what a crummy situation that is.

I couldn't agree more!! Always QUARANTINE!! You but never know. Carriers of disease may not bear witness symptoms. If my Momma gave me chickens to add together to my flock I would Still quarantine. And believe me, I trust my Momma. I honey my chickens and I would feel and then guilty if I didn't do all I could to protect them.

• #5

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• #6

Thank you everyone for your reply'due south. It was really distressing to come up home to two of my best Easter eggers being attacked by neighbour dogs. They where dandy layers and they laid green and light tan eggs daily. Super sweet chickens!

The neighbor doesn't understand that yous can't just supersede these chickens with whatever craven.

• #7

Thanks everyone for your reply's. It was really sad to come home to 2 of my all-time Easter eggers being attacked by neighbour dogs. They where great layers and they laid greenish and light tan eggs daily. Super sweet chickens!

The neighbor doesn't understand that yous tin't just replace these chickens with whatever craven.

Where I live, if someone's dog kills one of my chickens, all they legally have to do is pay me $x. It may buy a new chicken but it nowhere near covers the grief it would crusade me to lose a craven I raised from an egg and love dearly. I am sorry for your loss.

• #8

If y'all bank check out my signature line for a stickied thread I started a few years ago, you'll see that I would never put any bird in my flock without an extended quarantine. I actually go farther and don't add any started birds.

I snickered at the "they'll starting time laying eggs the aforementioned solar day" remark he fabricated. Yeah, right. Mayhap they will, maybe they'll expect a month. Spoken similar almost of those empty guarantees.

• #ix

I congenital a quarantine cage with a wire floor so all droppings fall through to the ground. I have a 5 gallon waterer and 5 gallon feeder in the coop so I don't take to handle the new chickens more than once a week. I check them every evening. If I take to handle anything in the cage, I modify my clothes and shower. After 4 weeks, I put a chicken from the butcher pen in with the new chickens. They spend 4 weeks together and if no chickens get ill, the new chickens go in the chicken business firm. If any of the chickens get sick, they all get culled. I don't care how beautiful they are or how much they cost.

• #10

Well now my first concern would exist with those dogs.

I'd do any I had to, to make sure he understood that if his dogs came to my place again they would Non be coming home.

Every bit for quarantine? I'm tired right now and not in a practiced mood, I'll admit.

I've been on BYC and read and then much stuff near chicken keeping I'thousand sick to death. Some "experts" say add estrus, some say don't. Some say worm, some say don't. Now we've got quarantine or don't. etc. etc.

Me? I'd tell him to go on his chickens!

In my feel? I've gotten chicks, eggs and birds from the "experts" and quite frankly I've had my share of trouble. I don't requite a hoot if you lot are an "good". I don't care if you write a blog, book or an article, testify birds and have a room full of trophies.

I QUARANTINE!

Though my rule of thumb is I don't accept in birds, I breed/hatch my own. Which is why I said I'd tell him to go on his chickens. Show me the coin!

Love ya,

Rancher, tell it like it is, Hicks

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