February 2023 hatch-a-long

[casportpony]

Two of Broody Bella's chicks have hatched so now three chicks (other is CL x Leghorn)

Congrats!

 

[FBMcrazy8]

It is! Now I’m in panic mode pulling egg turner and plugging in my brooder plate even though I assume it will be awhile….I just like to be extra prepared haha. I just really didn’t expect it at day 17 seems so early!

I can honestly see why! I would probably be doing the exact same thing! Very exciting though and hope everything goes great for you!

 

[FBMcrazy8]

"While the vaccine will prevent birds from experiencing symptoms and greatly diminish the spread of the disease, a Marek’s Disease vaccination cannot completely prevent infection."
Source

To suggest that the vaccine makes them sick sounds like another conspiracy theory.

I agree with you. Honestly it’s kind of like any other vaccine that is given, like ours as well, it can only help with the symptoms and COULD prevent death. And like humans, it can affect some chickens different than other chickens. But the vaccine is totally worth the prevention of the death of your whole flock.

 

[FBMcrazy8]

Isn't the vaccine the turkey herpes virus?

Edited to add:
Chickens are the most important natural host for Marek's disease virus (MDV), a highly cell-associated but readily transmitted alphaherpesvirus with lymphotropic properties of gammaherpesviruses. Quail can be naturally infected, and turkeys can be infected experimentally. However, severe clinical outbreaks of Marek's disease in commercial turkey flocks, with mortality from tumors reaching 40%–80% between 8 and 17 weeks of age, were reported in France, Israel, and Germany. In some of these cases, the affected turkey flocks were raised in proximity to broilers. Turkeys are also commonly infected with turkey herpesvirus (HVT), an avirulent strain related to Marek's disease virus that is commonly used as a Marek's disease vaccine in chickens. Other birds and mammals appear to be refractory to the disease or infection.
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/neoplasms/marek-s-disease-in-poultry

I’m currently waiting to get baby turkeys and I have read that the chickens that would be housed with turkeys can have an immunity to Marek’s due to Turkeys having this . I won’t be housing mine though with them due to the risk of the turkeys possibly getting blackhead. But I did find it interesting.

 

[Kwoka]

Chicken math is really taking hold right now lol I just hatched 9 chicks, now the next 10 eggs are going into lockdown. Gonna have Valentine’s babies! Fingers crossed for the 5 colored eggs they’re the only ones left out of 15 shipped. The other 5 are more barnyard mix eggs. I’m already thinking about setting more eggs so they hatch on my son’s birthday next month good thing I have two big coops, and no problem eating roosters…

 

[lilwanderer]

All these updates and chicks has me worried about the ones i recued. For what I've gathered, I've guessed one is on day 9/10, one is on day 12, it looks very similar to yours, moving a whole lot at that:

Below is one of mine day 11 shipped egg.

and the final one is on I believe day 7/8, it isn't moving a whole ton, a little worried.

 

[lilwanderer]

They were all moving so much tonight too even the jersey giants which I assumed would be slower going since they are big eggs. I knew bantams could be early but I’m pretty sure my Polish are standard…now I have to double check ha

I've only ever seen polish bantams, so maybe they are and thats what happened? I am aware that some bantams and standards come in either bantam or standard versions as well, just didnt know polish could have one as well, hmm..

 

[lilwanderer]

All these updates and chicks has me worried about the ones i recued. For what I've gathered, I've guessed one is on day 9/10, one is on day 12, it looks very similar to yours, moving a whole lot at that:

and the final one is on I believe day 7/8, it isn't moving a whole ton, a little worried.

Another thing, I plan on locking down on day 16 for the day 9/10 egg, which should be day 18 for the day 12 egg, and will manually turn the 7/8 egg until it is on day 15 or 16.

 

[Kikilu]

I've only ever seen polish bantams, so maybe they are and thats what happened? I am aware that some bantams and standards come in either bantam or standard versions as well, just didnt know polish could have one as well, hmm..

I’m really not sure - new to chickens. I went and read the breeders site description and it says ‘large fowl Polish’ so I’m guessing there are smaller?

 

[lilwanderer]

I’m really not sure - new to chickens. I went and read the breeders site description and it says ‘large fowl Polish’ so I’m guessing there are smaller?

Well, I guess we'll see how yours turns out later on? I'll do my own research on it later in the day as now I'm curious.