Hi all, have read this whole thread and am sooo very sorry!!! My heart is so heavy for all of you!!!
The reason I decided to post on here, is that on the raising baby chick thread, I am reading a lot of people have recently ordered chicks and are having large amounts of death in their orders.
I had posted a link to this thread, after another OP had asked if it could be mareks. No one would come read what you all have posted, which I think is vital to starting to put a dent in this disease. I got attacked verbally and put down by all!!! Sooo sad!!! Seems no one wants to know, or admit that what you all are saying could be even possible.
Nor do they want to learn. One called it an exotic disease, another said baby chicks from hatcheries can't get mareks, that their flocks could not give it to very young chicks or if they did, the chicks would not show symptoms for weeks or over a month old...
Is it possible for baby chicks to arrive with mareks? I thought I had read on here that they could...from all that I have read on here, it seems to me, that this "shipping stress" that these new, urban chicken owners are attributing the deaths to, could be mareks...the symptoms are sooo similar!
I must say, it really hurt to be so crushed by so many new to chicken, owners, after trying to atleast lead them here so they could learn...then they have this "chicken math"...talk about a recipe for disaster!!!
I may be new to this forum but am not new to raising chicken, nor am I a young un, or urban pet chicken owner. I am not saying that all that is a bad thing...just that it hurt, to try to teach them, or lead them here, and be "slapped in the face" for it...
Thanks in advance for any answers!!!
God Bless you all for what you are doing to help those of us that want to learn, through all your heartache and your willingness to teach us!!!
The reason I decided to post on here, is that on the raising baby chick thread, I am reading a lot of people have recently ordered chicks and are having large amounts of death in their orders.
I had posted a link to this thread, after another OP had asked if it could be mareks. No one would come read what you all have posted, which I think is vital to starting to put a dent in this disease. I got attacked verbally and put down by all!!! Sooo sad!!! Seems no one wants to know, or admit that what you all are saying could be even possible.
Nor do they want to learn. One called it an exotic disease, another said baby chicks from hatcheries can't get mareks, that their flocks could not give it to very young chicks or if they did, the chicks would not show symptoms for weeks or over a month old...
Is it possible for baby chicks to arrive with mareks? I thought I had read on here that they could...from all that I have read on here, it seems to me, that this "shipping stress" that these new, urban chicken owners are attributing the deaths to, could be mareks...the symptoms are sooo similar!
I must say, it really hurt to be so crushed by so many new to chicken, owners, after trying to atleast lead them here so they could learn...then they have this "chicken math"...talk about a recipe for disaster!!!
I may be new to this forum but am not new to raising chicken, nor am I a young un, or urban pet chicken owner. I am not saying that all that is a bad thing...just that it hurt, to try to teach them, or lead them here, and be "slapped in the face" for it...
Thanks in advance for any answers!!!
God Bless you all for what you are doing to help those of us that want to learn, through all your heartache and your willingness to teach us!!!