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Maybe you need a good leeching. 

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Originally Posted by RIRJen 

$600!!!   I think I'll just buy healthy birds (and only when I have to) and replace them when necessary. Holy cow!

 

That's why I was looking for 9 other people to share the cost and the vaccine with!  $60 a piece is much cheaper then $600.
 

Even if you have 42 chicks (a small bator full) you are vaccinating, at $3 each to replace those chicks you are still saving yourself time and money with the vaccine.  I am not worried about how much vaccine I will be wasting or not using once I mix it because it's still cheaper to use it on 3 dozen chicks at $8 a piece (what I am paying) then culling and replacing those chicks.  I guess its all in how you view it.

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Originally Posted by NovaAman 

For three weeks after the vac, you'd need to continue to keep the birds under quarantine conditions with no access to outside influences in order for the vac to have maximum effect.

I think I posted that they have to be quarantined for three weeks afterward.  I plan to keep mine in the garage while I wait the three weeks.  They also have to be at least six weeks old to use the vaccine.

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Originally Posted by RIRJen 

Maybe I missed that discussion....why wouldn't you be able to sell, free range or show your birds without this vaccine?

You didn't miss anything RIRJen.  You can sell, free range and show your birds, it just exposes them to Mycoplasm or MG.  I am looking for anyone who wants to split this order with me because last week I lost my whole flock to it.  I spent around $140 to a vet only to be told I can not sell, show or free range my birds because they have this very common disease or I can kill my whole flock and start over.  I don't know how I got the disease, but since it can be spread by wild birds, other birds who don't show signs of having it at shows or on farms, it can be spread by a flock owners clothing, shoes and such.   I know of four backyard farms in Michigan (none located near each other) who have culled their entire flock because of it. 

Like I said, I'm just trying to find enough people interested in protecting their investment.

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I did edit... her husband does exactly whatever she tells him to do. He works, she gets the paycheck and he gets an allowance. He and I had a conversation one night when he was drinking and I got an earful. 

I think Raz edited while you were posting.  You totally seem to know what you're talking about but from a lay person's point of view I have to say that I've met people like this and they tend to not actually marry authority figures but people they can control and walk over.  Even if the husband pays the bills etc, she's likely still in charge if it's anything like what I've seen.

On an unrelated note - anyone know how to get the stench of rotting deer anus off the head of a dog?  Regular washing doesn't seem to be actually cutting it.  Then again maybe it's just that whenever she sticks her head close to my face I imagine it buried.... um I think I'm just going to stop there.