Hi everyone,
Last week, 3 of my bantams died (2 sebrights were put down by the vet and the last one just died after a couple of days of being sick). We are pretty sure it's Marek's due to symptoms, but still waiting for necropsy results.
My flock is a mix of vaccinated and unvaccinated chickens (There are 5 normal fowl, 7 pekin bantams and some smaller breeds like serama, dutch bantam and sebright, some pictures attached) half vaccinated, half not.
Unvaccinated chickens mostly come from a vaccinated broody that I let hatch chicks, others I hatched in an incubator. I tried to get the vaccine before they hatched but here in Spain they only sell it to production farms. So they ended up unvaccinated and they are now 5-6 months old.
So, one of my questions is, in your experience, do you think I will loose all my unvaccinated chickens? I am so sad. Many of them, especially the bantams are pets to our family.
How do you cope with loosing your chickens one by one? It's just disheartening, I have been trying to save the chickens as soon as I see they are not well, treating for coccidiosis, deworming, even giving antibiotics in some cases. I know Marek's got no cure, but still, I try to do everything I can just in case.
The last couple of months, since they started dying, has been no fun
I appreciate any insights
Thanks!
Last week, 3 of my bantams died (2 sebrights were put down by the vet and the last one just died after a couple of days of being sick). We are pretty sure it's Marek's due to symptoms, but still waiting for necropsy results.
My flock is a mix of vaccinated and unvaccinated chickens (There are 5 normal fowl, 7 pekin bantams and some smaller breeds like serama, dutch bantam and sebright, some pictures attached) half vaccinated, half not.
Unvaccinated chickens mostly come from a vaccinated broody that I let hatch chicks, others I hatched in an incubator. I tried to get the vaccine before they hatched but here in Spain they only sell it to production farms. So they ended up unvaccinated and they are now 5-6 months old.
So, one of my questions is, in your experience, do you think I will loose all my unvaccinated chickens? I am so sad. Many of them, especially the bantams are pets to our family.
How do you cope with loosing your chickens one by one? It's just disheartening, I have been trying to save the chickens as soon as I see they are not well, treating for coccidiosis, deworming, even giving antibiotics in some cases. I know Marek's got no cure, but still, I try to do everything I can just in case.
The last couple of months, since they started dying, has been no fun
I appreciate any insights
Thanks!