Hi,
So, today every pheasant and chicken over 4 weeks old was given their first dose of LT-IVAX. It was incredibly easy, and I am disappointed I was so worried about doing it. I was done all of my birds within an hour, including the pheasants, which are not easy to catch. The stress was minimal, although I think for the booster I will do as a good freind suggested and do them all near dusk, when they are going to roost for the night. I will be administering the booster in 6 weeks. This timing works out well for our club show in June as the shedding stage will be over for the show.
So, Chicory, from this point on, I will be doing all the young birds when they hit 4 weeks old, as the breeders will now be protected. I may hold some birds over for a week to make use of the vaccine, expecially as my first hatches were only 3 birds for 2 weeks, so I may do all 6 next week, then weekly following that. I feel I do not need to worry now with the entire site being vaccinated, and I NEVER wear my barn clothes to anyone else's facility or off our farm, so the ongoing vaccination plan should be fairly safe. I will also stop well in advance of any shows so as there will be no chance of shedding at the show.
Let me know if you have any more questions.
Clayton