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:celebrateI'm excited for both of us! Yes, my eyes will be very large when I see different-looking chicks hatch. :eek: As I mentioned, I won't keep any different breeds (I say that now) but am going to see what hatches, then see what my neighbor farmer lady may want, and I'll just give them...

"Exchange students" :gig:gig:gig Awe, it's fun! I'm excited to see some different silkies and different breeds of chickens altogether! I don't get to do that very often. :highfive:

OH, okay. I misunderstood somewhere thinking you were vaccinating some twice. A couple of weeks ago I watched the NPIP tester lay each of my 14 adults on their sides, pull up a wing, and draw blood from under there. I was thinking of you when she was doing that. I'm sure it's a lot easier...

This sounds so exciting starting over in a way in a whole new location. It'd be maddening though to have to start changing shoes/pants between "villages." I saw long sleeve poly blend healthcare scrubs on clearance at Walmart yesterday. I'd think this is what I'd do, and get oversized ones...

I didn't realize Marek's can hit so fast, but like @TwoCrows said they are so good about hiding their symptoms. So sorry! I can't even imagine wondering who's going to go next, Tink. 😢 I don't know the answer to your question about sperm and have the same dilemma/question. I read a hen...

No, never alone, Tink. ❤️ I can't imagine how hard this is to lose or have to cull our pets. How frustrating too they don't come up with something to treat the birds or help flocks like yours to thrive instead of suffer. Perhaps in our time, they will. I'm glad you're able to work around...

Since we're on this topic, I have one beautiful mauve silky rooster who has been flogging my border collie, Josie who just keeps side-stepping to get away, and then walks off. Yesterday, the roo ran quite a distance when he saw Josie who stood there and took it. I stepped between them and...

You nailed that one Tink! :highfive:

The Odoban would do that, although I've just wiped mine down with those hilex wipes. I don't know the concentration I made in the bottle I mixed up umpteen years ago but I'm just going to make a new batch and start using it for that too. I think its main use is hospitals, but had info about...

I kept reading and low and behold, they do not mention eggs but way down in the instructions I found applications and this: HATCHERIES: Use 5 oz. of OdoBan® per gallon of water to treat hatchers, setters, trays, racks, carts, sexing tables, delivery trucks and other hard surfaces. Leave all...

When I read an article on here about how fermented feed/grain helps chickens absorb so much more of the nutrients, plus adds probiotics/prebiotics, I started doing it and stick mostly to that every other day. I've never heard much about ginger though so definitely I'm getting some and can just...

I think I'll test this. Per their instructions for viruses, I'd mix 5 oz in a gallon of water. It doesn't say hot or cold, so I'd use cold. It takes 60 seconds to kill viruses so I'd dip the eggs for 60 seconds, rinse them, and let them air dry before putting them in the incubator. I will...

I never knew there were ones more resistant than others. Nice! Maybe this is an idea if some better Marek's cures or treatments or preventions don't come out and it keeps spreading, why not switch to birds that resist it? I'd be sad to switch but if I lost them all and had to start over...

Have you heard of Odoban? It kills marek's and about everything else known to man. We have it in concentrate in a gallon jug but it comes in sprays too. You can get it online or in most stores, but we got ours from my folks from Sam's Club a decade ago. This would be for coops, homes...

My understanding is that chickens of any age could be vaccinated for Marek's, but it's not as effective on adult birds as it is for chicks, which it's intended for. I'm honestly considering doing the same thing here but I'd also want to vaccinate my older ones as well whether it isn't very...