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My hens are dying, vets says 2.5 years is old? true
Quote: No idea, but not pneumonia, for sure. Novaman, guess I'm confused then. Thought she said the vet said pneumonia was passed down through the egg to the chick. Maybe I misread her post somehow. Tammy, no leg issues? Not sure why he'd think Mareks, then. Odd. Sometimes, though...- speckledhen
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My hens are dying, vets says 2.5 years is old? true
chicken grandma, your vet was talking about something else, not pneumonia, then. That is not passed through the egg to chicks. Pneumonia is not contagious. You cannot "catch" pneumonia from wild birds or any other birds. He must mean CRD/mycoplasmosis, which makes them carriers and does pass...- speckledhen
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My hens are dying, vets says 2.5 years is old? true
Quote: Well, he'd be amazed at my 3, 4, 5 and 6 yr old hens, then, who are all healthy, most of them still laying. He's just wrong, sorry. Now, a three year old hatchery hen is, in effect, older than a three year old good breeder stock hen with better overall genetics, sure, but succumb to...- speckledhen
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