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[Peep_Show]

Need to pick some brains again:

I have a solo chick that I hatched out. I'm contemplating getting a Chick Days chick or two to keep it company. Solo chick is unvaccinated against mareks, but store-bought chicks probably will be vaccinated.

Will the inoculated chicks give the disease to the unvaccinated one? (In other words, not a good idea to combine the two?)

 

[ozexpat]

Need to pick some brains again:

I have a solo chick that I hatched out. I'm contemplating getting a Chick Days chick or two to keep it company. Solo chick is unvaccinated against mareks, but store-bought chicks probably will be vaccinated.

Will the inoculated chicks give the disease to the unvaccinated one? (In other words, not a good idea to combine the two?)

the following page is well written:

The other two types of vaccines (Rispens and SB1, aka MDV-2) are not known to cause symptoms in chickens as they are a different serotype. These two vaccines are only administered by a few hatcheries and cannot be obtained for home vaccination (at this time).

Can the vaccine cause the chicken to get Marek's?
No, it cannot cause a chicken to get the Marek's disease that makes them sick. The commonly administered (MDV-3 HTV) vaccine alone can not possibly cause chickens to become infected with MDV-1, which is the type of Maerk's disease chickens get that makes them symptomatic. See above answer for more detail.

If I do not vaccinate and my flock is exposed to Marek's virus, will they all die?
Probably not. There are many, may variables at play that make an individual bird susceptible to the virus or not. Except in vvMDV+ infections (mutated forms, very virulent) approximately 60% of any unvaccinated flock might succumb. This number might be far less if the flock members have been bred for immunity, and have natural resistance the the virus... or might be far more in the flock members are particularly weak against it.

get the chicks

 

[drumstick diva]

I don't think it is standard procedure to vaccinate their chicks for Mareks. Maybe you could call and ask.

 

[ozexpat]

I don't think it is standard procedure to vaccinate their chicks for Mareks. Maybe you could call and ask.

yes Diva

most hatcheries will add mareks forc 30c - $1 but thats direct. I was not sure that its the same with "chick days" birds

 

[superchemicalgirl]

http://www.boredpanda.com/honey-on-tap-flow-hive-stuart-cedar-anderson/
@superchemicalgirl you need to try one of these out.

I saw that a couple days ago. I have a couple concerns but my biggest is:
1. This will attract bees when you start harvesting. Lots and lots of bees. And not just bees but wasps and yellow jackets. And ants. And quickly. When I harvested last year I put the utensils and the frames outside to be cleaned up. I made a mistake. I should have put them back on the hive to be cleaned up in a protected environment. Putting them out in the open caused a giant swarm of bees, plus natural flying insects, and there were many casualties and I was terrified to go out there.


I'd love to stay and chat but the snowblower and I have a date.


And perhaps one day again soon the suet feeder will be reunited with air.

 

[ronott1]

Need to pick some brains again:

I have a solo chick that I hatched out. I'm contemplating getting a Chick Days chick or two to keep it company. Solo chick is unvaccinated against mareks, but store-bought chicks probably will be vaccinated.

Will the inoculated chicks give the disease to the unvaccinated one? (In other words, not a good idea to combine the two?)

pssst....Peep_show....your little chick has already been exposed to mareks....It's already at you place.....shhh...do not let the "others" know.....

 

[ozexpat]

pssst....Peep_show....your little chick has already been exposed to mareks....It's already at you place.....shhh...do not let the "others" know.....

another reason to not worry and buy the chicks

 

[chickadoodles]

I got my computer yesterday it's a Dell Inspiron with a 1TB HD and 8 gig of ram. I decided to go with a tower computer and a separate monitor. I got all the specs I wanted with this computer and it was less than the AIO so I got a new printer that was on sale for 70.00. I am so happy to have a computer again.
On the other hand my washer died yesterday morning. I told DH it needs a timer and the belt broke. So hoping it won't cost a fortune to fix it hoping for 30. price tag.

 

[Peep_Show]

Thanks, guys! I'll get the chicks.

The RSL's are really bully birds. If there's only one or two in the coop things aren't too hectic, but the three together and it's just ugly. As soon as Mothie laid her egg this morning I sequestered her to the garage. So far everybody else doing okay, but I may move one more over as the day and attitudes progress. The peepers are to arrive this upcoming week and cannot come fast enough... This playing chicken referree is getting old fast. The stress in the coop is, I think, causing Pat to lay soft eggs.

Lucy -- the very off-colored CCL -- it turns out lays a green (possibly olive) egg, but not as dark as Pat's eggs. I didn't think she was a purebred CCL from hatch due to her coloring being a creamsicle orange with chipmunk spots and the egg sellers were adamant she was... (I knew it, I knew it!) I think she's 1/4 RIR. Anyway here is a comparison of Pat and Lucy's first eggs. Is Lucy's Green? Olive?



Yep... Got a coop full o' mutts. The only one not laying (yet) is TeJae the Trader Joe's pullet...but her face is changing hue.

 

[Peep_Show]

SCG -- Well, at least on ice you know the suet won't go bad!

We're dropping degrees quickly as a storm front is moving in. The apricot trees got fooled into early Spring and we're going to get some lovely pictures of blossoms in the snow.... Sigh.... There goes the fruit crop.


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re: Mareks

The chick(s) in question haven't ever been outside of the room they've been hatched in. Would they still be exposed? Not that it will matter because, yes, I will still get the Chick Days chicks. Just curious as to the possibility that they could be exposed in a closed environment.