no mareks for silkies/bantams?

[Kristy7458]

I have noticed that on many of the websites that sell day old chicks, the Marek's vaccine is not offered with the bantam and silkie chicks

. Does anyone know why?

 

[Kristy7458]

I'm confused about the mareks vaccine for bantams not being offered at hatcheries, nobody has an answer?

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

Just taking a guess, perhaps they're too small to receive vaccines? If it's all the bantams, that'd be my best guess.

 

[dianer29]

Silkies are too small to be properly vaccinated and at times can actually be vaccinated incorrectly due to their size ,so they do not vaccinate them for Mareks.

 

[Ryu]

We vaccinated the bantams we hatched ourselves. I agree, its probably because they are so small.

It's not impossible, but definately takes more patience than the full sized chicks.

 

[SheeReno]

Strange we just gto some Silkies and had them vaccinated for Marek's...guess it depends on where you are.

 

[Fourgirlsoneboy]

If anyone here has vax silkies yourself, how much did you give? Thanks!