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And an FYI on Marek's vaccinations...
Please understand that if you are getting chicks and request (or self administer) the Marek's vaccinations...this vaccination is a LIVING vaccination. The hatchery discussed this with me. It is like giving them the LIVE virus at a lesser level, so they will carry this through their life. The caution they give is this: If you get chicks vaccinated or do it yourself, then EVERY other chicken on your property should be vaccinated also. From what they told me, because it is a living form of the disease, the chickens with the vaccination can pass the disease to the non-vaccinated birds because of their 'live' vaccinations. So either ALL or NONE of the birds should have the vaccination.
Just offering a word of advice.
Please understand that if you are getting chicks and request (or self administer) the Marek's vaccinations...this vaccination is a LIVING vaccination. The hatchery discussed this with me. It is like giving them the LIVE virus at a lesser level, so they will carry this through their life. The caution they give is this: If you get chicks vaccinated or do it yourself, then EVERY other chicken on your property should be vaccinated also. From what they told me, because it is a living form of the disease, the chickens with the vaccination can pass the disease to the non-vaccinated birds because of their 'live' vaccinations. So either ALL or NONE of the birds should have the vaccination.
Just offering a word of advice.