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I think your 10 commandments are great.

Nothing in this world is perfect. My goal is to cut out as much opportunity for illness as possible. The biggy being chickens and chicks, and so on. There are things beyond my control. There are things that will be overlooked.

Which respiratory ailments are "curable" and which make chickens become carriers? Does anyone know of a site that would explain or list them? See, I guess since mine are pets, I would certainly try to get them better first, and have blood or cultures taken right away to see if it can be...

Quote: I think that being outside helps with viruses because it dilutes the virus outside more than it would inside.

Nobody's perfect. But a closed flock to me is one that nothing but eggs may enter. Eggs make sense to me cause they have their quarantine time built in- the weeks before they're added to the flock. For me, 6-10 weeks.

I had read the whole thread about Gumpsgirl's chickens. It was really sad, and she went above and beyond to manage her flock back to health. Her story is one of those stories that's stored in my head. After knowing SpeckledHen here, I would take her advice above most, and I have to say that...