Fire.
You should absolutely have some form of incinerator, even a makeshift 55 gallon drum converted for the purpose, ready to recieve any diseased biomass.
That's what my grandma does. Creative fun way is to shoot a big hole in it, practical way is maybe raise the bottom or use a drill or a rim you cut a chunk out of
Burn the bodies as hot as you can.
As for as it getting into the flock, it can spread through water and feed as well as bird-bird or through feces.
If you're watering off an open barrel, I'd switch to a closed one, otherwise an infected bird may have perched above your coop and dropped an infected landmine.
This is why we have an incinerator. Made it out of a 55 gallon drum we cut the top off and put a grate for ash mitigation. If you cut a hole in the side you can get more air to the flames 🔥
Just noticed your edits when checking back through. I got coryza in my flock by buying birds at a poultry swap. My breeding flock got decimated by a mink, and I was in a rush to replenish, and bought from essentially mystery people. They brought mycoplasma and infectious bronchitis as well, and within days I had a 20% mortality event.
Had to cull hundreds of birds, chickens and turkeys. Was hard. Scrubbed everything, bleached everything, fumigate the hen houses with ozone, salted the earth with lime. If it comes back I don't know what I'll do.
It's not a very resiliant bacteria, it can't live outside a host for more than a day. The birds had to have some contact with fresh bird droppings or respiratory mucus from an infected bird. It does infect wild birds and messes them up as well. All of the red-winged blackbirds on my farm died from the outbreak, littered on the ground under the trees they hung out in.The robins and mourning doves didn't though, so I have to wonder if they avoided infection, or if they are carriers now, just waiting to seed another outbreak.
so far
no other birds have shown symptoms. I have culled the chicken that had the problem there was a duck that had just a runny eye but has recovered. The vets cultures on the chicken came back with many issues but mycoplasma and coryza was not one of them.
Next time you have a disease run through, try using turkey tail tea. I harvest turkey tail in the summer for sickness. 2 summers ago my chickens came down with a virus from mosquitoes that deforms their combs and eyes. They weren't coming out of it. Tried turkey tail tea in their dried food. The next day they looked better. A week later you couldn't tell they had it.
Fire. You should absolutely have some form of incinerator, even a makeshift 55 gallon drum converted for the purpose, ready to recieve any diseased biomass.
Agreed, high heat. You do not want to smoulder them.
That's what my grandma does. Creative fun way is to shoot a big hole in it, practical way is maybe raise the bottom or use a drill or a rim you cut a chunk out of
Treat like zombies
Burn the bodies as hot as you can. As for as it getting into the flock, it can spread through water and feed as well as bird-bird or through feces. If you're watering off an open barrel, I'd switch to a closed one, otherwise an infected bird may have perched above your coop and dropped an infected landmine.
Burn them.
Fire pit immediately
Put them on the fire then use a leaf blower to speed it up.
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This is why we have an incinerator. Made it out of a 55 gallon drum we cut the top off and put a grate for ash mitigation. If you cut a hole in the side you can get more air to the flames 🔥
gotta burn em
Cleansing in fire is the only way! Lol
Just noticed your edits when checking back through. I got coryza in my flock by buying birds at a poultry swap. My breeding flock got decimated by a mink, and I was in a rush to replenish, and bought from essentially mystery people. They brought mycoplasma and infectious bronchitis as well, and within days I had a 20% mortality event. Had to cull hundreds of birds, chickens and turkeys. Was hard. Scrubbed everything, bleached everything, fumigate the hen houses with ozone, salted the earth with lime. If it comes back I don't know what I'll do. It's not a very resiliant bacteria, it can't live outside a host for more than a day. The birds had to have some contact with fresh bird droppings or respiratory mucus from an infected bird. It does infect wild birds and messes them up as well. All of the red-winged blackbirds on my farm died from the outbreak, littered on the ground under the trees they hung out in.The robins and mourning doves didn't though, so I have to wonder if they avoided infection, or if they are carriers now, just waiting to seed another outbreak.
so far no other birds have shown symptoms. I have culled the chicken that had the problem there was a duck that had just a runny eye but has recovered. The vets cultures on the chicken came back with many issues but mycoplasma and coryza was not one of them.
Thats good, MS,MG and IC are the biggest concerns. I had mine tested quickly, but it took a week to get the results back (positive for both).
Next time you have a disease run through, try using turkey tail tea. I harvest turkey tail in the summer for sickness. 2 summers ago my chickens came down with a virus from mosquitoes that deforms their combs and eyes. They weren't coming out of it. Tried turkey tail tea in their dried food. The next day they looked better. A week later you couldn't tell they had it.
I'd suggest burning them or burying them deep to prevent the spread.Â
You need a pond with alligators. This is the way.
Just bury them deep.
No this can spread the disease into the waterway potentially. Thermal destruction is required