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Sorry to hear about the toe! Frost bite is something we don't get much of here.
I did put Mocha on back on grower crumble for that exact reason. I have noticed the hard crop twice now, I might start to make her food a wet mash and see how that goes, add some garlic granules and olive oil, maybe spoil her with some honey too.
Trying to find a MD vaccine here for our next hatch is like pulling teeth. Been on the phone half the morning. No one local wants to help us out, and the people that can help us out are nearly 500k's away.
On the up side, one supplier self 500 dose's for $32.50, plus $10 for the dilutant, but $65 for freight to get it here, and it must be used the day of delivery. That would be a Thurs or Fri, our hatch is due on the Sunday, won't be dry enough until the Monday. I could drop the temp a half degree and try drag it out until the Monday, but $117.50 for 12 eggs (will likely be less by the actual hatch date) is a bit steep. Unless I can find a local supplier.
Local hatchery won't supply us with vaccine, or let our birds on site ( I read other hatcheries would vaccinate birds)
We can't have a rooster, so the line of 'breeding a strong flock' is out for us.
Unless we can find a local supplier, our options seem limited to be replace dead birds or pay a massive price to have the stuff freighted to us.
Even culling them all, then disinfecting everything and replacing the earth in the run won't guarantee our next birds would not come down with it, this disease is just bullet proof. It infuriates me that vaccine is not made more readily available in an effort to stamp it out.
I did put Mocha on back on grower crumble for that exact reason. I have noticed the hard crop twice now, I might start to make her food a wet mash and see how that goes, add some garlic granules and olive oil, maybe spoil her with some honey too.
Trying to find a MD vaccine here for our next hatch is like pulling teeth. Been on the phone half the morning. No one local wants to help us out, and the people that can help us out are nearly 500k's away.
On the up side, one supplier self 500 dose's for $32.50, plus $10 for the dilutant, but $65 for freight to get it here, and it must be used the day of delivery. That would be a Thurs or Fri, our hatch is due on the Sunday, won't be dry enough until the Monday. I could drop the temp a half degree and try drag it out until the Monday, but $117.50 for 12 eggs (will likely be less by the actual hatch date) is a bit steep. Unless I can find a local supplier.
Local hatchery won't supply us with vaccine, or let our birds on site ( I read other hatcheries would vaccinate birds)
We can't have a rooster, so the line of 'breeding a strong flock' is out for us.
Unless we can find a local supplier, our options seem limited to be replace dead birds or pay a massive price to have the stuff freighted to us.
Even culling them all, then disinfecting everything and replacing the earth in the run won't guarantee our next birds would not come down with it, this disease is just bullet proof. It infuriates me that vaccine is not made more readily available in an effort to stamp it out.
