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I actually wanted ducks to begin with but a friend alerted me to the poop, more mud and poop than I'd ever know how to deal with. Lol. I decided not. And turkeys seemed interesting until I learned about blackhead. Chickens are it for now.

Thanks everyone for the advice. Hearing someone say ordering chicks are easier was really something I needed. I can isolate them for four weeks easily and ramp up the security measures. I think also it will give me more control over what I select.

I have been in isolation since March and literally do not go anywhere except to pick up groceries. And my chicken boots stay on the back porch. No one in my neighborhood has chickens and mine are confined.

I'm a 10 mo. backyard chicken mom. Nine girls. Six at 10mo, 3 at 6mo. In November, I lost my favorite Cream Legbar at 20 weeks to visceral Marek's (confirmed by necropsy). All of my flock came from local breeders so they were unvaccinated. The State Vet and I chatted at length when Iris was...