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- Jun 9, 2020
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Hi folks,
First timer here (mostly--we had a few chickens when I was a kid but I was not very involved in their care and upkeep). I am sometimes prone to rambling, so the TL;DR is at the bottom in bold:
I'm waiting on an order of local chicks that will be vaccinated, which I'll be picking up on I don't know exactly what date (we'd said mid/late June when I put my deposit down, but there was a Marek's shortage and then the next hatch was not enough to fill my order, and the lady is very nice but inconsistent re: replying to emails so I don't know when to expect them).
I had only ordered Bielefelders because they are autosexing and I am in a no-rooster zone, but I've recently been made aware of an area school/farm which will adopt unwanted roos (Hallelujah! I feel like I won the lottery). Now I am wanting to indulge in my original impulse to get a diverse flock with maybe some silkies, faverolles, millefleurs, ayam cemani... endless possibilities which were previously so abridged by my unwillingness to risk the 10% chance of a supposed hen turning out to be a rooster. Didn't want to be desperately trying to rehome on FB/Craigslist while my neighbors get more and more testy due to 4 AM crowing, you know? And husband agreed to chickens on the condition that I think every eventuality through and don't involve him in any surprise shenanigans.
SO, I'm considering a few mail-order chicks. I have now read enough to understand that if some of my chickens will be Marek's-vaccinated, then they should all be, because apparently the vaccinated chickens can be carriers, due to its being a live vaccine? Not sure if they are only potential carriers immediately after vaccination, or forevermore.
So this rules out mypetchicken.com because they don't offer vaccination for their bantams, ie those silkies I so want. I've found another supplier that isn't sold out, and now I am just wondering: I've read that the vaccine takes 4 to 7 days to take effect and confer immunity. If I get the first batch of chicks, say, a week or two before the second, and I only have one enclosure prepared for chicks prior to going to the coop; is there a chance that the earlier chicks, once their vaccine "takes effect", could transmit the virus to the chicks who were just barely vaccinated and haven't developed their immunity yet?
First timer here (mostly--we had a few chickens when I was a kid but I was not very involved in their care and upkeep). I am sometimes prone to rambling, so the TL;DR is at the bottom in bold:
I'm waiting on an order of local chicks that will be vaccinated, which I'll be picking up on I don't know exactly what date (we'd said mid/late June when I put my deposit down, but there was a Marek's shortage and then the next hatch was not enough to fill my order, and the lady is very nice but inconsistent re: replying to emails so I don't know when to expect them).
I had only ordered Bielefelders because they are autosexing and I am in a no-rooster zone, but I've recently been made aware of an area school/farm which will adopt unwanted roos (Hallelujah! I feel like I won the lottery). Now I am wanting to indulge in my original impulse to get a diverse flock with maybe some silkies, faverolles, millefleurs, ayam cemani... endless possibilities which were previously so abridged by my unwillingness to risk the 10% chance of a supposed hen turning out to be a rooster. Didn't want to be desperately trying to rehome on FB/Craigslist while my neighbors get more and more testy due to 4 AM crowing, you know? And husband agreed to chickens on the condition that I think every eventuality through and don't involve him in any surprise shenanigans.
SO, I'm considering a few mail-order chicks. I have now read enough to understand that if some of my chickens will be Marek's-vaccinated, then they should all be, because apparently the vaccinated chickens can be carriers, due to its being a live vaccine? Not sure if they are only potential carriers immediately after vaccination, or forevermore.
So this rules out mypetchicken.com because they don't offer vaccination for their bantams, ie those silkies I so want. I've found another supplier that isn't sold out, and now I am just wondering: I've read that the vaccine takes 4 to 7 days to take effect and confer immunity. If I get the first batch of chicks, say, a week or two before the second, and I only have one enclosure prepared for chicks prior to going to the coop; is there a chance that the earlier chicks, once their vaccine "takes effect", could transmit the virus to the chicks who were just barely vaccinated and haven't developed their immunity yet?