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good night peeps!
Blah! I keep forgetting that duckwing is the word. Some use duckwing and partridge interchangeably and my mind occasionally slips.
Boy, all that sneaking of purple corn made me thirsty!Clever Phyllis
I sat my container of cracked corn on Phyllis' porch the other day. Phyllis took advantage of the situation and a bunch of purple corn.
Wow. Sorry about this, Bob. How are you feeling about it?Final Autopsy Results are In
The cause of death has not changed. Her brain came out through the hole in her skull. However there was a secondary condition.
She had Marek's disease.
Her liver, lung, nerves, proventriculus (glandular stomach), ventriculus (gizzard), duodenum (small intestine), pancreas, ceca (intestinal sacs or ducts), and brain were all involved.
She would not have survived much longer even without the brain issue.
She was NOT vaccinated. Neither was Sylvie. I can only assume that Sylvie had Marek's disease as well.
The rest of the tribe outside Lilly has all been vaccinated. Lilly may have been vaccinated, I just have no idea.
I have attached the document which they provided to me from The Pennsylvania State University regarding Marek’s disease. There is some helpful information included in it.
The Marek's may have been here all along or they may have brought it with them. I have no way of knowing. It is here now and will likely always be here.
@CrazyChookChookLady I know that Ned and Lucky were never vaccinated. I am guessing that they do not have Marek's as they successfully made it to adulthood but I feel you should know. I know it is too late to do anything about it. I'm terribly sorry if it shows up in your tribe.
I feel that this ends any thought of me having broodies hatch as well. There is no way I could vaccinate the chicks without them being exposed to the virus during their sensitive period post vaccine as their mom could easily be a carrier.
Poor Peanut!
Adorable!I just had to share:
I was getting a few chores done around the house this morning, when I heard a soft knocking sound coming from my front door. I opened the door and saw one of the backyard chickens (who must've pecked on my door) waiting for me on the porch, there were 6 chickens behind her on the patio area. They all looked at me expectantly, probably wondering what was taking me so long to come out & feed them
Bummer about the smelly broken eggs on Arizona, but so exciting that we might get to watch chicks hatch and see Arizona be a mama and Jaffar be a daddy!Arizona came off her eggs today, and I candled two of them. (Difficult to tell if they have anyone inside)But at least, she’s getting some exercise. She doesn’t stay off of them for very long. She had feed and water, but she smells pretty bad
. I removed two broken eggs from the nest.
Outstanding!
