Marek's vaccination and incubation/hatching

[LocoPollo]

When I ordered my chicks from the hatchery, they were vaccinated for Marek's. Some of my other chicks seemed to have gotten Marek's (well two showed signs of leg paralysis - they were culled). At any rate, when I hatch my own eggs, how do I vaccinate for Marek's?

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

At the hatchery they run them through a fine mist that they breathe in. Don't know about home vaccination for it.

 

[twigg]

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It would be unusually for small backyard flocks to be vaccinated for Mareks.

The smallest vial of vaccine available is about 1000 doses

 

[LocoPollo]

Yea maybe I just don't need to worry about it. If I lose one every now and again it isnt a big deal.

 

[Smoky73]

At the hatcheries actually, they vaccinate by a shot at the back of the neck.

 

[KellyHM]

You can vaccinate in a shot form, but the mist they breathe in is more common. There is also a dose available that you put in the eye to vaccinate them. You have to buy them in quantities of 500, but it's still only about $5 for that many.