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Tha That make sense! I’ll look into getting two bottles to vaccinate each clutch separately. I appreciate the guidance!!

This makes a lot of sense! I have one clutch hatching a good week before the rest of them. I wonder if waiting a week before vaccinating the first chicks would be too long. :confused:

I think she meant that as a live virus vaccine, it has a limited viability after it’s prepared. Not sure though, since I’ve never done this before, so any advice is appreciated!

Hi Angeline, yes we’re in Cali and right across the bay from your MIL in Morro Bay!

We are incubating Modern Game, American Game, and Silkie eggs and I would like to vaccinate for Marek’s when the new chicks emerge. Our local vet does not vaccinate chicks, but she recommended that I can order the vaccine online. Problem is that apparently the vaccine is only good for about an...

Just wanted to post a quick update, Pearl is still doing great and has had no further problems so far! I now think that it was her very first egg that she couldn't pass, and I'm hopeful that she'll be ok from here on out. Here's a pic of my sweet girl!

We are new to this breed! Just brought home two young hens on Sunday for my daughter to train for show in 4-H. They are adorable, and so sweet! Don't have any good pictures yet, but I'll post when I do. Right now they're laying fertile eggs so we're collecting them, and set our first clutch last...

Great news! The vet was able to see Pearl today and found she was egg-bound. She removed the egg and cleaned her up, corrected the prolapse and put in two staples to hold things in place while she heals. She gave me an anti-inflammatory and antibiotics to give her, and wants to see her back next...

Hi friends. My beloved 8-month old whit Silkie, Pearl, has suffered a really bad prolapse. After bathing her carefully and trying to correct the prolapse manually with preparation H to no avail, I have one last hope in our local vet tomorrow morning. Please hold good thoughts for her, because...

Things are looking up for my little curly toed chick, who we've named Lucille. Her two biggest toes still curve in toward her body but I've felt her move them, and the foot is growing stronger! Overall she seems much more vibrant and active. I've been giving her b-vitamins twice daily for five...

I'm pretty sure it's curled toe paralysis we're looking at here. I'm grateful it only seems to have effected one chick, and only one foot at that. http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/6/diseases-of-poultry/217/vitamin-b2-deficiency/...

Thank you so much for your advice! Sure enough, most of the scrambled egg was gone today so I made them another one for dinner. I got the vitamins today and I mixed up a batch for them tonight, little curly toes really quenched on it which was so good to see. She's hanging in there, but seems...

Sorry this is a terrible picture but it's the best one I could get. I gave the chicks some scrambled eggs for dinner but they weren't interested - just wanted to nap. Maybe my little curly toed one will eat some of the eggs for a midnight snack. I'm also going to get some liquid vitamin as soon...

YES - similar to that! I'll try to get a photo tonight. Could this be curly toe paralysis?

The two toes in front are kind of curled under, and the smallest toes in back aren't really moving. Baby in question seems to be able to move around just fine at this point, but I'm still worried, because I'm anxious like that...