MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

The cost of vaccination is exorbitant. I looked into it 5 years ago when I added chicks rather that POLs. Vaccination is designed for the farmers & is beyond the cost effectiveness for small breeders & backyard keepers. One reason I would like to close my flock & let my girls sit but I need to corral my chick killer first.

It is, and because I now have Marek's in the environment, I can't risk at-home vaxing of chicks because they'd be at risk of picking it up before I can jab them (even if I could afford the vial and all the equipment). So it would have to be in ovum which is even trickier at home.

Sorry to learn you have a chick killer. I will never be able to forgive Peggy for killing the chick that time.

 

[BY Bob]

That's true. I had held thoughts of RC's tough season throughout but I had forgotten about your's.

The plan to bring in only vaccinated sex-linked pullet chicks should reduce the number of hard seasons. No doubt the occasional cockerels and diseases will sneak through every now and then.

Although it's an unpopular approach, hen hatching is ruled out because I can't vaccinate chicks or in ovum at home. (I hope it goes without saying that home or vet vaccinations have been discussed with several vets and I've gone into the procedure and cost thoroughly, both of which, of course, are different in other places.)

That's unfortunate.

 

[MaryJanet]

That's unfortunate. I don't understand why a vet that cares for chickens would not vaccinate for you. You have such great vet care. If you can't get them to do it, I have no hope of ever getting it done should I need it.

The cost of the vial is off the charts. Well beyond what I can afford.

Would the hen and eggs be taken to the vet? On the right day of gestation for vaxing? With the hen biting everyone and possibly crunching an egg in her distress?

All that and the cost when people who are breeders vaccinate their incubator chicks before releasing the chicks from the clean environment.

 

[BY Bob]

The cost of the vial is off the charts. Well beyond what I can afford.

Would the hen and eggs be taken to the vet? On the right day of gestation for vaxing? With the hen biting everyone and possibly crunching an egg in her distress?

All that and the cost when people who are breeders vaccinate their incubator chicks before releasing the chicks from the clean environment.

I get it. It's just a shame.

 

[MaryJanet]

I get it. It's just a shame.

It wasn't an easy decision to make, but it was well-informed and well-considered.

 

[BY Bob]

It wasn't an easy decision to make, but it was well-informed and well-considered.

That is one of the things I appreciate about you. You make good decisions based on facts. I know there are times that I do not always do that. You have better discipline than me. I truly respect that.

 

[MaryJanet]

That is one of the things I appreciate about you. You make good decisions based on facts. I know there are times that I do not always do that. You have better discipline than me. I truly respect that.

Thank you Bob. I try.

 

[Ribh]

It wasn't an easy decision to make, but it was well-informed and well-considered.

I even considered asking a chicken farm to do my chicks with theirs but it became super problematic as, if I remember correctly, they must do them on day one & all my chicks were older than that.

 

[Ribh]

It is, and because I now have Marek's in the environment, I can't risk at-home vaxing of chicks because they'd be at risk of picking it up before I can jab them (even if I could afford the vial and all the equipment). So it would have to be in ovum which is even trickier at home.

Sorry to learn you have a chick killer. I will never be able to forgive Peggy for killing the chick that time.

I'm sorry to hear you have Mareks. Than is such a shame when you are so careful of your girls.

 

[MaryJanet]

I even considered asking a chicken farm to do my chicks with theirs but it became super problematic as, if I remember correctly, they must do them on day one & all my chicks were older than that.

I also looked into that option and found it really hard to find the farms' contact details, which is fair enough because they're in the food chain and can't have random people coming and going from their facilities, it's just not worth the risk, even for people like us who are well-intentioned.