Tulipmasteer
Chirping
- Feb 26, 2024
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Hello! First post here and first time chick caretaker!
After months of research, I finally picked up 3 ameracanas/easter egger and one light Brahma female day old chicks from TSC about three weeks ago. So far it’s been great, but as I continue to research the multitude of horrible things that can happen to my peeps I came across something distressing.
Originally, I thought the chicks from tsc were vaccinated from mareks, because why wouldn’t they be? Hoover, which supplies tractor supply in my area at least, gives the option to vaccinate for literal Pennies, so why wouldn’t they vaccinate? But now after reading through threads on this forum, it turns out they’re not vaccinated for mareks! And you can only vaccinate them straight out of the egg!
So how should I manage my tiny flock in my backyard? No one owns chickens around me even though the township allows it, but I do get lots of wild songbirds in my yard. I know vaccinated chickens can still pass mareks on to other chickens, but the thought of my peeps getting mareks and dying horribly is keeping me up at night!
After months of research, I finally picked up 3 ameracanas/easter egger and one light Brahma female day old chicks from TSC about three weeks ago. So far it’s been great, but as I continue to research the multitude of horrible things that can happen to my peeps I came across something distressing.
Originally, I thought the chicks from tsc were vaccinated from mareks, because why wouldn’t they be? Hoover, which supplies tractor supply in my area at least, gives the option to vaccinate for literal Pennies, so why wouldn’t they vaccinate? But now after reading through threads on this forum, it turns out they’re not vaccinated for mareks! And you can only vaccinate them straight out of the egg!
So how should I manage my tiny flock in my backyard? No one owns chickens around me even though the township allows it, but I do get lots of wild songbirds in my yard. I know vaccinated chickens can still pass mareks on to other chickens, but the thought of my peeps getting mareks and dying horribly is keeping me up at night!