Mareks experience needed. prelim results pg 9

[seminolewind]

Krista, I had to look up Swedish Flower Hens, and I really like them. What attracted you to them?

 

[klf73]

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Their looks...I love the patterns...maybe I can send you some vaccinated chicks next year... out of 8 that are old enough to tell I only have 2 pullets

hoping a few of those 7 will be pullets too. I only have 1 crested cockeral, hoping a couple of the newer crested ones are pullets...time will tell but I am not holding my breath....seems like everything is75% cockerals this year...

 

[seminolewind]

Alot of cockerals? Me too.

Some chicks would be nice!

 

[klf73]

yeah, and I thought it only happened with my shipped eggs

I could always send you eggs but that would be up to you if you wanted to see how they do.....when they start laying...
roo heavy for example....
1 of 4 lav orps was a pullet (75% cockeral)
2 of 8 swedish flower hens (75% cockeral)
2 of 5 silver laced brahma pullets (60% cockeral) actually one of the pullets ended up gold laced so 1 of 4 silvers is a pullet (75% cockeral)
1 of 5 tolbunt polish (80% cockeral) at least the last 3 look like cockerals now

the only pullet is in bad shape and I will be culling her.

I am afraid to try to sex any more birds afraid they are going to die anyway....so bummed...

 

[seminolewind]

Gosh Krista, Your breeds are so hard to come by.
Darn those cockerals! I had a bachelor pad last year, 4 blue JG's, and a BO. Worked out great, as long as no one went out and came back in. I would have held on to them, but I had a blue Orp pullet die, then a while later, a splash JG roo died, and I then dismantled the bachelor pad.

In my silkie coop I started with 2 roos and a hen that I hatched here. They were fine, and 3,5 years old. I had added a white silkie pullet that was at a swap. A few months later, my silkie roo died with Marek symptoms. 3 months or so later, the white silkie died-wasted away. Since then, the silkies have had 2 hatches with no deaths. So I imagine that the hatched silkie chicks are all somewhat resistant to Marek's. Now they had hatched those 10 Polish eggs that were mailed to me, and 5 have died or have symptoms.

It appears that my silkies' eggs/chicks are born with resistance. I wonder if the other older chickens would be laying resistant eggs? Of course they'd be resistant to the strains here, but I don't know about elsewhere.

(And I tried not to mention that my silkies have only had girls, no boys, and I have them all, none were given away.)

 

[seminolewind]

My only hatch this year 3 pullets, 5 known cockerals, 2 unknown.

 

[Robert1959]

http://www.bioshieldtech.com/DuPont_RelyOn_Multipurpose_Disinfectant_Clea_p/d12605488.htm kills the virus !

 

[seminolewind]

My two last sickies look pretty good today. They both look and act normal. Maybe they fought it. But still carriers.

 

[seminolewind]

Hi Krista, do you have any updates?

I just have 1 who is still hanging on but not eating enough. It's been 2 weeks since I noticed him.

 

[seminolewind]

Update. I will probably have one today that will be sent to the lab tomorrow. He's not going to make it much longer.