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can anyone give me some tips?
Mike Gilbert:
With a little practice and the proper equipment you should be able to quarter the wafer without taking it out of the glass container. But why draw the mixed vaccine out of a bottle?
I mix mine in an empty bottle so I can cap it and shake it to get it mixed well, then dump it in a shot glass for the syringe.
greeneggsandham:
Well, I used a glass baby food jar as recommended on another site. You can\'t turn an open jar upside down to draw out liquid in the syringe and as a result, I got air bubbles that were impossible to get out unless I wanted to shoot live vaccine all over me and the floor.
John:
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I have not heard that it is recommended or will do any good, by anyone really knowledgeable on the subject or in any instructions I\'ve read.
I went to the Spring Fowl Fest, here in mid Michigan, on Saturday. Vic Hakes, with Twin City Poultry Supply, was setup there and we talked about this very subject. He had the vaccine there to sell and I had recently bought 6...not knowing I already had 6 hiding in the refrigerator out in the hatchery office. Anyway, I mentioned how nice it would be if we could get units with fewer doses (like 250 rather than 1,000) and he said the manufacturers won\'t consider doing that. Remember they say to mix and use it all at one time. Don\'t split the wafer and all that stuff (even thought many do). Victor\'s comment was that even if you only vaccinate 50 chicks with a unit (1,000 dose bottle) it only runs about 40 some cents per chick. If you feel it is needed and you look at it that way rather than $20 for a bottle, it is worth it.
Jean:
--- Quote from: greeneggs&ham ---Well, I used a glass baby food jar as recommended on another site. You can\'t turn an open jar upside down to draw out liquid in the syringe and as a result, I got air bubbles that were impossible to get out unless I wanted to shoot live vaccine all over me and the floor.
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Just take the needles off and withdraw the vaccine and put the needle back on.
faith valley:
It is easy to half or quarter a waffer that is still in the little bottle by using a tooth pick. You can slice the waffer in half with teh tooth pick, then stab the waffer quarter or half with the tooth pick and pull it out of the bottle.
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