I did quite a bit of research on this because my first hens had already been adults when I received them and I didn't know their vaccination status.
It's true that Mareks doesn't prevent chickens from getting the disease but does prevent symptoms. But Mareks is everywhere. The chances of a...
It was my understanding that they were vaccinated for Mareks but not coccidiosis but I could be wrong...
I'm still not entirely sure of the sex of the one chick that survived. It's 11 weeks old now and I should be able to tell by now but I think it's growth was stunted. It's still looking like...
Same happened to me. Picked up 4 chicks. One died in 48 hours. Got a replacement. The replacement had bloody stool. I changed to medicated feed. Then the other 3 died. I thought it was because I'm inexperienced with raising chicks and I felt awful about it. I only have the replacement chick left...