stop being sooooo nice don't talk about sales plans on line. don't let the competition know your strategy. while they mock you they could be stealing your Ideals. use P.M. copy all you trust just sayingThe reading that I did recently said that they don't think the vaccine makes them carriers anymore. And that they would not be contagious to any other birds. I don't know the truth, but I was just reading about this a few days ago because someone I helped on a thread asked me about the vaccine and I really didn't know.
There is one couple (like your brother) in my area, that sells breeder quality silkies. They are beautiful birds. And they know it. Straight run chicks are $10 firm. They don't sell with vaccinations. They also mock BYC and the members. They don't know it yet but next year I'd like to be their competitor and sell silkies cheaper but of the similar quality. The other people that sell silkies in my area have ugly birds. Red combs, no five toes. They must have mixed blood. So it would be interesting to see if I can find a leg up on that one couple.
Yes, it's all about getting the embryo strong enough, to grow and ultimately hatch despite the damage to air cells and the rest of the contents of the egg. It has been written that red rings in shipped eggs is the embryo starting but then unable to thrive in the damaged environment.
Soooo nice!!