Hi I’m looking for advice about vaccinating chicks that we’ve hatched out. So far 2/4 of our chicks have hatched, and the oldest will be 24 hours old tonight. I only purchased one vial of vaccine for these guys because I didn’t think about the fact that it could take multiple days for everybody...
Hey Guys!!
I am going to be administering marek’s vax at home with my newly hatched chicks at home. We are raising a heritage meat chicken flock and don’t want to lose them to mareks halfway to the finish line.
We are only looking to hatch out 20-30 at a time and I don’t want to drop $40 on a...
Hello! I have had chickens for almost 5 years now. In this time I have introduced a few chicks each spring without issue. This year, I had 4 chicks that I got from FFH as I typically do. I kept them in my basement also I normally do, away from my older girls. I came home from vacation (had a pet...
Does anyone have experience with a mixed flock of birds vaccinated for Mareks with birds unvaccinated? What happened to the birds weekly/monthly/over the years living together?
Thanks!
I have been raising a small flock of chickens for three years and have purchased all of my chickens at 6-8 weeks of age from the same breeder who does not vaccinate for Marek's. Due to the size of my coop I keep my flock at about seven chickens but over the past three years I have had to add new...
I have a day-old silkie cross (hopefully the rest will hatch today). My vet recommended Mareks vaccine. Is the dose the same for silkie’s (I think the standard is 0.2 ml)? She’s pretty tiny. I want to make sure she’s protected, but not overdo it.
tricky one here because I'm not sure if there is much we can do at this point. we got day old chicks from two different places on the same day. one claimed their chicks were vaccinated. the other place "didn't think so" but might have been vaccinated for mareks only... I read it might not be...