That is very encouraging! Interesting about the report. I’m a relative newb (almost 3 1/2 years in, no roosters, all hatchery chicks, 14 birds total with three losses), so I was very humbled and devastated by the preliminary reports. I feel better now, so thank you! Why UCD? Are you in California?
Mine were supposed to be vaccinated. I did lose a chick this year at just two weeks, and they were integrated from the start, since I got them for my broody. Her symptoms were very Marek’s-like, I just was not aware they could get it so young (UC Davis vet working my hen’s case confirmed it...
I only mentioned that I had lost one and that the first prelim didn’t reveal anything. I euthanized her myself... my first one. I hated that. She was pretty limp and unresponsive at that point, poor girl. I waited too long, sort of expecting her to pass in the night. She didn’t. Anyway, she was...
Oh, wow. I forgot to tell you all I got the preliminary necropsy report. It’s really bad and heartbreaking! Poor Margo did likely die from an acute infection, which I suspected. But she also had some respiratory issues, and there’s been something going through my flock. What’s worse is the poor...
@bantamsrmyfav I may be going to the beach today and will think of you! When you all get a chance, can you help me with names, since I joined late and I’m still not up to speed?
Bob, how many eggs still have a chance?
I’m still working my way backwards through the thread so I can ask more...
Sorry, I’m a late thread joiner and haven’t read all the way through. Were you one of the people whose birds were getting sick from the gnat bite toxin? That sounded like a nightmare!