Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[Opa]

I bought our chicks from Family Farm and Home, so they're from Townline. I realized I've just assumed that they were given a vaccine before leaving Zeeland. Is this a safe assumption?

No

 

[kimmie6067]

I bought our chicks from Family Farm and Home, so they're from Townline. I realized I've just assumed that they were given a vaccine before leaving Zeeland. Is this a safe assumption?

Sorry no you have to pay extra for them.

 

[1muttsfan]

Opa has a new avatar

Ok got the vaccine lined up. After several phone calls and some mild to moderate complaining. I will wait until the hatch is over, though, since these chicks are going to be in the garage or at the office until much older, and not around the older birds or any wild ones either. I have chicks in the 'gator (

) supposed to be hatching out for the next week.

 

[Amy PT]

Sorry no you have to pay extra for them.

Huh. All right. I saw a video of a generic hatchery where they were injecting vaccs into eggs days before they hatched. I think I thought that was standard practice. Thanks for answer.

 

[eeyore75]

Huh. All right. I saw a video of a generic hatchery where they were injecting vaccs into eggs days before they hatched. I think I thought that was standard practice. Thanks for answer.

never heard of vacs being injected into eggs- do you have a link?
I have heard of people coloring chicks by egg injection....... don't get that either

 

[snowflake]

Opa has a new avatar

Ok got the vaccine lined up. After several phone calls and some mild to moderate complaining. I will wait until the hatch is over, though, since these chicks are going to be in the garage or at the office until much older, and not around the older birds or any wild ones either. I have chicks in the 'gator (

) supposed to be hatching out for the next week.

when you order the vaccine, you can keep in in the fridge till you are ready to use it, Just for those (like me) I read should be given to day old chicks and for some reason I thought you had to get it and use it right away,

never heard of vacs being injected into eggs- do you have a link?
I have heard of people coloring chicks by egg injection....... don't get that either

I think I read this in one of the threads fuzzy posted on vaccinations?, couple of days ago

 

[snowflake]

I would like to vaccinate, but the vaccine has been on backorder. Now Jeffers has it, and I placed an online order, but then they called and wanted another $12 shipping on top of the $12.95 vaccine shipping I had already paid, and I told them No Way - I hate a bait-and-switch. If I can find it elsewhere for a reasonable shipping fee I will probably order some, but I have chicks due next week and it may be too late to vaccinate them.

My house chicken has an odor and dust issue.

I dusted him with herbs, spice and sauce and now I'm getting a savory, mouth-watering aroma from him.

No

like your avatar, what are you doing in that pic


1mutt, try cutler supply..they have it but I am not sure about p&h

 

[NovaAman]

There are far to many disturbed people on this thread... Its great.

1mutts, can you have them vac'd before shipping? Oh wait, there in the gator right?

touchpad strikes again!

 

[Amy PT]

never heard of vacs being injected into eggs- do you have a link?
I have heard of people coloring chicks by egg injection....... don't get that either

It was something I saw last spring on YouTube. I'll poke around this weekend and see if I can find it again.

Actually, I just did a quick search, and while I couldn't find that video, google "embrex" machine.

 

[kimmie6067]

does anyone know a foolproof way to hard boil eggs so the peels come off easy? I know the baking method. Is it putting baking soda in the water?