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Guest:
The vaccine is a powder that\'s mixed with an orange liquid. The bottle is good for 1000 chicks, but you have an hour or two to use it. I don\'t know how one would vaccinate that many chicks in such a short time. I\'m doing 30. It\'s my only hatch of the year -- though my wife wants me to incubate more Ameraucana eggs -- just in case they might be fertile.

The remaining 970 doses have to be thrown away. The vaccine is administered sub-cutaneously via needle with the needle only going 1/4 inch into the skin at a 45-degree angle. It\'s done in the skin at the top of the neck.

The vaccine is indeed good only on day-olds; and the entire batch has to be done at one time.

No sooner did I leave the machine after I posted -- the first egg pipped. Four have pipped so far. It will be day 21 at 10 PM for my hatch. I wonder if this is going to be an all-nighter????

bantamhill:
I use the 55 gallon rubber maid containers currently. I drill holes in the tops and will do the sides when I clean them again. I use two brood lamps with regular light bulbs in the sockets. I start with 100 watt and lower the watts over time. The containers work well, but I do not like all of the space they take up.

Michael

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