- Jun 1, 2014
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I would love to start showing. How do you keep your flock disease free while showing? I was reading a forum a while back where a guy had Mareks in his flock and he started vaccinating everything and buying vaccinated chicks and eventually he didn't lose any. I had a Mareks scare and even though the necropsy came back negative for Mareks, it still concerns me. I know in that small frame of time I was debating what my options were and what the future of my birds that I am breeding would be. Now from what I have read most flocks have been exposed to Mareks and Mycoplasma and even if symptoms do not show they can still shed the virus. This gentleman still showed his birds and said he was quick to cull those who displayed symptoms of disease. What are your thoughts and how do you keep your flocks safe? Or do you just do as the gentleman above, keep things as clean as possible and cull sick birds immediately knowing most flocks are already exposed? I have absolutely no idea where to begin, but I need something to do now that my kids are in college. Lol!