California - Northern

[curious chickee]

Today, I learned how to vaccinate my chicks, and how to remove the outside spur shafts on my roosters.

 

[gander007]

Today, I learned how to vaccinate my chicks, and how to remove the outside spur shafts on my roosters.

Learning something new is great

 

[h2oratt]

Today, I learned how to vaccinate my chicks, and how to remove the outside spur shafts on my roosters.

Where did you learn that? I want to vaccinate my chicks.

 

[curious chickee]

Where did you learn that? I want to vaccinate my chicks.

A friend taught me. We had a chick vaccine party, a few people brought over their chicks and they all shared the cost of the bottle. Then after all the chicks were done, I brought the bottle to my house and did my chicks.

 

[Honora]

When I went to the workshop in Oakland, the biosecurity guy highly recommended vaccinating chicks for Marek's. He said it has to be done at 1 day of age though, or it is ineffective. I plan on vaccinating mine this time, assuming I get any that hatch.

 

[curious chickee]

When I went to the workshop in Oakland, the biosecurity guy highly recommended vaccinating chicks for Marek's.  He said it has to be done at 1 day of age though, or it is ineffective. I plan on vaccinating mine this time, assuming I get any that hatch.

I hope he is incorrect about only vaccinating at 1 day old, because chicks hatch at different times and having to buy a bottle every week will get expensive. It only lasts for about 3 hours after becoming active. I know we give larger doses to larger/ older birds.

 

[ronott1]

When I went to the workshop in Oakland, the biosecurity guy highly recommended vaccinating chicks for Marek's. He said it has to be done at 1 day of age though, or it is ineffective. I plan on vaccinating mine this time, assuming I get any that hatch.

I hope he is incorrect about only vaccinating at 1 day old, because chicks hatch at different times and having to buy a bottle every week will get expensive. It only lasts for about 3 hours after becoming active. I know we give larger doses to larger/ older birds.

Look into the information about the mareks vaccine making a "super" mareks strain in your flock.

It is ineffective--likely even at one day.

Also, their immune system is immature and it often does not take. You are supposed to re vaccinate later--like at 6 weeks I think.

 

[caychris]

I have one Delaware out several Delaware pips 2 silkie pips hatching beginning in earnest now. Hoping for some Pita Pips today

 

[ronott1]

I have one Delaware out several Delaware pips 2 silkie pips hatching beginning in earnest now. Hoping for some Pita Pips today

I can't wait for pictures!

 

[joydix]

The vaccine in any form does not keep the birds from contracting the disease but it keeps them from forming the tumors. That is what i learned from UC Davis. It is said, at least for CA. that every bird has been exposed. The vaccine WE can get as small flock owners is not nearly as effective as the ones the hatcheries get. As far as i know it is not obtainable for us. it says in the print out it comes with that it is only good for ONE hour. I wondered about the different hatch rates too. I guess it gets down to doing the best you can to protect them. You can only do what you can do right? I had a horrid bout with the disease my first year and had a lot of discussions with UC Davis regarding the disease, trying to understand it. For the next year i ONLY got hatchery birds cuz the vaccine was stronger. I do hatch now tho. I have had NO problems since and it has been 3 years. fingers crossed all the time it was SO awful!