Reading this I realized that I needed to add that I am currently incubating 31 Barnevelder eggs and it is these chicks that I am considering vaccinating. Sorry for the confusion!
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I was wondering how many of you vaccinate for meraks. I am restarting my Barnevelder flock and currently have 6 chicks that are around 2 months (I'd have to look up their exact age). Those 6, I assume were not vaccinated, which is fine. My Barnevelder flock before was not vaccinated as it was a closed flock and this flock will probably be too for a while, but at some point I am going to need to sell chicks to folks in order to move the overstock I'll have hatching as I grow the flock. I do not foresee shipping chicks though the mail, but locally, yes. If I chose to sell babies how would that best be handled? Also, as far as I know, I have never had a case of Meraks here. This coop will also be built on a new site, not the old one.
I just keep going back and forth and back and forth, so I thought I would ask. I know people can get excited on this topic and it is not my goal to get folks riled up. If you need, you can PM me with your thoughts. Thx.
Awww, I love it when they climb all over their mama.Broody hen and chick pics I have an older (5+year) hen that went broody. It's too hot and I don't want her sitting in a nest box. So, I stuck her in with my nearly 40 two-week old chicks. It's been so hot that I can't run a heat lamp in that brooder and they need at least some heat during the night. So, the hen is now momma to a bunch of chicks. She's handling it well and the chicks are already taking advantage of her, LOL. I missed the picture, but at one point she had 5 of them standing on her back
Trisha
To friggin cute!!!!Broody hen and chick pics I have an older (5+year) hen that went broody. It's too hot and I don't want her sitting in a nest box. So, I stuck her in with my nearly 40 two-week old chicks. It's been so hot that I can't run a heat lamp in that brooder and they need at least some heat during the night. So, the hen is now momma to a bunch of chicks. She's handling it well and the chicks are already taking advantage of her, LOL. I missed the picture, but at one point she had 5 of them standing on her back
Trisha