Putting my two cents in seems prudent. At this point I'm not sure how my experience will pan out.
I ordered 17 chicks from them. A month later, I have 12 left. The company is sending me replacements for the one's I've lost.
One breed wasn't available till the end of August and so have all of...
The turkeys and chickens won't be kept together. I'm going to use their bedding to expose chicks for the natural immunization. The turkeys are ultimately for slaughter. I know it's not a perfect plan but, it is a plan. Y'all have given me things to consider with my plan. Sanitization is...
Thank you.
With mine, no one chicken exhibited more than one symptom at a time. Three had torticullis(sp?) All at different times that initially led me to think those particular individuals had a nutritional deficiency. Two others died from impacted crops (likely not related but very well...
Okay, asnwering more than one question here, bear with me.
I ask that people vaccinate to help in situations like mine. I will be converting to natural immunization asap but for now, I have to resort to the vaccine. I was sounding a bit contradictory on that point and should have been clearer...
Please note, regardless how much I read on the various diseases that can harm our chickens, the disease did not seem to present like the descriptions stated. Only after the preliminary testing came back did I start to connect the dots. My chickens did not have any neurological symptoms or skin...
My turkey poults should arrive by the end of the month. Hopefully I won't have to repeat the vaccination.
My flock got hit by a particularly virulent strain, no doubt from the disease mutating due to the vaccines.