Tamara/WA-4Hpoultrymom with my girls who will also be showing
Jen/Jbear
Heather/Rarefeathersfarm
Jen/Ultasol
Jeanine/Cloverleaf Farm and DS
Monique/Ogress Likely with DD and maybe DS
Deidre/Hallerlake
Linda/Blue Ducklings
Linda/Cackleberrylinda
Toni/THi
Christina/Justbugged
Add me to the list- Cindy/cmsdvm
Jen and I think it might be fun to all get together for dinner somewhere Friday night. Coop out should be 4ish Sat and I think we will all want to head for home. There is an alert out by the State Vet about LT (laryngotracheitis virus) being found in backyard chickens in the state after nearby commercial chickens were vaccinated. Exhibitors are reminded that chickens MAY NOT BE SHOWN?SOLD OR ON SHOWGROUNDS within 60 days of any vaccination. The only exception might be chicks which were vaccinated for Marek's and kept separate from all adult fowl. Birds which attend the show should be strictly quarantined afterwards to avoid bringing viruses home to your flock. This is always true, but a reminder may be in order.
About LT vaccination, the vaccine carried by First State (LT_IVAX I) is not supposed to create the carrier state. You should be able to vaccinate your birds then, after waiting 30 days (60 is safer,) these birds will not pass on the disease to other chickens. All of the other LT vaccines sold by commercial catalogs (such as the one by Murray McMurray) will cause your birds to become carriers. They are then safe from this disease, but should never be sold or exhibited due to the risk of passing the live virus to susceptible birds. These vaccines are very effective and ideal for commercial operations, where hens only leave as soup, anyway.
