She said/He said Who's right? Who's wrong? No one!

[silkiecuddles]

Poor thing...

poor lil Ross, she needs a when she returns.

 

[scflock]

poor lil Ross, she needs a when she returns.

Well, that will be just like the rest of my posts. She won't get it

 

[scflock]

Naughty boy! Skipped class?!

I ran out of hours

 

[silkiecuddles]

Well, that will be just like the rest of my posts. She won't get it

Very well. I'll give her a for you.

 

[silkiecuddles]

I ran out of hours

???
Is your wife sitting in a chair two feet from you timing your BYC time? Or was the hourglass out of sand and you were about to be taken to the guillotine

 

[scflock]

???
Is your wife sitting in a chair two feet from you timing your BYC time? Or was the hourglass out of sand and you were about to be taken to the guillotine

When my wife is sitting 2 feet from me, there is no such thing as BYC

 

[snowbird]

@snowbird
If you know the flock has been exposed to mareks but no one is showing symptoms, does that mean the are immune or that are carriers?

In my experience it is hard to know when Mareks will strike your fowl. There are so many strains of Mareks. A lot of breeders of Large Fowl Brahma in the States have major problems with Mareks. It seems like if the birds get to around one year they are mostly out of range. If they get Mareks they will e carriers for life. Best to cull any that survive Mareks. Some will have it in the eye and will eventually go blind.

 

[RubyNala97]

When my wife is sitting 2 feet from me, there is no such thing as BYC

She's got enough on her plate to deal with without adding crazy Internet chicken people to the mix!

I quickly candled my eggs for development last night. I didn't even touch them just held the flashlight up to them. Air cells are HORRIBLE! Poor things. But 11/14 were developing. The few that I really wanted have started. But some development looks behind others. May be red rings. This is the first batch I'm actually going to wait the full 7 days to start tilting. There is fluid inside the air cells! What is that??

 

[scflock]

In my experience it is hard to know when Mareks will strike your fowl. There are so many strains of Mareks. A lot of breeders of Large Fowl Brahma in the States have major problems with Mareks. It seems like if the birds get to around one year they are mostly out of range. If they get Mareks they will e carriers for life. Best to cull any that survive Mareks. Some will have it in the eye and will eventually go blind.

Don, when I first started hatching my own chicks, I debated whether to vaccinate for Mareks or not. I actually did do a lot of reading, and it seems the opinion of whether to vaccinate or not is divided right down the middle. I chose not to, not out of laziness, but because my flock had never had issues. I read compelling debate for both sides, and went with the no vaccination policy. I would have no problem vaccinating chicks, but there seemed to be a lot of people saying that vaccinating a flock with no problems was actually introducing a problem that otherwise wouldn't have been there. I have a totally closed flock, I don't take in any outside birds. I can see why you would have to vaccinate so heavily when you are showing, and constantly around birds from all over the country, but do you really think it's necessary for a closed backyard flock?

 

[scflock]

She's got enough on her plate to deal with without adding crazy Internet chicken people to the mix!

I quickly candled my eggs for development last night. I didn't even touch them just held the flashlight up to them. Air cells are HORRIBLE! Poor things. But 11/14 were developing. The few that I really wanted have started. But some development looks behind others. May be red rings. This is the first batch I'm actually going to wait the full 7 days to start tilting. There is fluid inside the air cells! What is that??

Absolutely. I'm insane enough without turning Mr. Flock on at home

I hate to hear that about your air cells, but 11/14 is good. Hopefully things will settle down before lockdown

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