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  1. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    The various obstacles in the funrun are working well for Sarah. She can always find an escape route from pecking.
  2. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    Fair dues, she had been at it for 20 minutes already.
  3. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    Well, I rushed it over breakfast, with another big and stressful day ahead. Doing it slowly should produce a better outcome than I managed. I can take a little consolation in the average score being 5.3.
  4. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    Yikes, Wordle number 1475 took me six goes :hmm
  5. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    Thanks Bob. I was very strict about it.
  6. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    Either she's somehow immune or it was the least contagious pathotype. Or both. I can't see any other explanations.
  7. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    It adds a layer of complexity I'd rather not have to consider, but now it's here I just have to manage it. I'm lucky really because @Shadrach 's signature had sunk in "Quarantine, it shouldn't be an option," so I put the new pullets into quarantine on arrival, which seems to have contained the...
  8. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    I also looked into that option and found it really hard to find the farms' contact details, which is fair enough because they're in the food chain and can't have random people coming and going from their facilities, it's just not worth the risk, even for people like us who are well-intentioned.
  9. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    Thank you Bob. I try.
  10. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    It wasn't an easy decision to make, but it was well-informed and well-considered.
  11. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    The cost of the vial is off the charts. Well beyond what I can afford. Would the hen and eggs be taken to the vet? On the right day of gestation for vaxing? With the hen biting everyone and possibly crunching an egg in her distress? All that and the cost when people who are breeders...
  12. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    It is, and because I now have Marek's in the environment, I can't risk at-home vaxing of chicks because they'd be at risk of picking it up before I can jab them (even if I could afford the vial and all the equipment). So it would have to be in ovum which is even trickier at home. Sorry to...
  13. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    I remembered throughout. The resilience you showed back then was a memory that kept me from giving up.
  14. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    That's true. I had held thoughts of RC's tough season throughout but I had forgotten about your's. The plan to bring in only vaccinated sex-linked pullet chicks should reduce the number of hard seasons. No doubt the occasional cockerels and diseases will sneak through every now and then...
  15. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    I'm sure there's a lot of truth in what you say. Naivety instead of unethical conduct. It's those who do know better (or should know better) I'm thinking of.
  16. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    So many people sell sick chicks and pullets, it's quite extraordinary. Where are the ethics?
  17. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    I was already struggling when Marek's cropped up. It really was a gruelling season.
  18. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    That's kind. Thank you. I should add two of the chicks were cockerels who were re-homed. So there were 4 survivors from 11.
  19. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    I'm slightly reeling from the most recent season. From four eggs, four chicks, and three pullets there's one hen and one pullet left. Two. Out of eleven.
  20. MaryJanet

    MJ's little flock

    :hugs Same. I can't believe it. How quickly time goes by.
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