The heat was unbearable here in NYS today for the first time..we have coasted through with beautiful weather until today..it was 105!!! butexpected to start moving out tonight.
sorry to hear that you are dealing with mereks disease..its a terrible thing, we went through it many years ago and chose to keep breeds that have a natural b factor in thier genes- blood that makes them naturally immune...most mediteranian birds like leghorn ect are mostly unaffected, australorps are afforded prety good protection, some breeds are highly suseptable to mereks like dominiques and sebrights and some say that silkies are suseptable also..sebrights or any birds that have been vaccinated should never have a problem thou...best to do it if you have susseptible breed within a few days of hatch. we had never had the diesease in 25 years at our other farm and no birds came in or went out, we bred our own the vet said most likley carried in by wild birds and thier dander..we had a couple birds that survived and went back to normal after long rehab but most had to be destroyed sadly vet said the survivors carried the b factor and gene diluted ...Its like people who actually are unaffected by HIV and yes they do exist..they carry a gene mutation , a vestage from the days of the plague they were also unaffected by plague same gene mutation that allowed thier ancestors to escape AIDs infection..strange but true.
