Vaccinations for ChickensVaccinations for ChickensThis sounds like a silly question, but here goes......
I wanted to buy vaccinated chickens, but, how do I know they have been vaccinated, is it by trust only? When dogs are vaccinated there's a vaccination card signed by a vet. If a seller advertisers the poultry as vaccinated are there any questions I should be asking?
Re: VaccinationsHi Milly,
what are the vaccinations you would like your girl to have? I am asking because I am planning to buy chicken and I have also not understood what is good to have in terms of vaccinations.. Thanks Ciao Cate Re: VaccinationsNot sure if this helps, but the place I got mine had a website and on that you could click a link which told you what vaccinations their chickens underwent, at what age and how the vaccinations were administered. This is the page -
I wonder if you can ask wherever you get yours from for similar info or check if they have it on a website? Re: VaccinationsThank you that's helpful, looks like it's all on trust though and any seller could say they're vaccinated.
Re: Vaccinations
well yes and no - don't forget that a seller may be supplying businesses with stock, so lying would be financial suicide. Most hybrids I would say undergo the vaccination programme whereas pure breeds may not except for the basics such as against Mareks disease and Newcastle Disease. A small specialised breeder may not have any programme at all. Re: VaccinationsI meant the small scale local sellers that advertise on sites such as these or on poultry Facebook pages, I don't know any large scale breeders.
Re: VaccinationsFrom that list of vaccinations could you ask a vet if they are available in small doses to the general public?
I ask because as far as I'm aware vaccinations for chooks are only available in dose batches of hundreds if not thousands and so are only used by large scale breeders who produce thousands of chicks at a time for the egg producing trade. Dom Ali Woks My World
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Sorry, a bit of a misunderstanding - even some of the "small" scale local sellers may have obtained their hybrid stock from large scale breeders. The chickens I got from the local poultry seller in Derbyshire (and is listed in the DTL section), are shipped in regularly from large scale breeders. This is their statement:
From another much closer local (small) chicken supplier:
So the hybrid chickens you get are not necessarily reared by the seller. Pure breeds on the other hand would be different.
Re: VaccinationsHi Milly
The place where we got our girls from gave us a card detailing what vaccinations they've been given. It's not signed by a vet though. Bev x
Our family: my-Lovely-Hubbly and I, Benny and our two little Ladies - Betty and Gloria. RIP dear little Ladies - Lottie, Cottie, Elsie, Dottie, Hilda and Margie. You may have gone, but are never ever forgotten. Re: VaccinationsNone of my hens are vaccinated but I am extremely careful from whom I buy. You need to be careful mixing vaccinated and non vaccinated hens as some vaccines use a live virus etc which could be harmful to non vacinnated hens
Re: Vaccinations for ChickensThank you for the info
Re: Vaccinations for ChickensHi,
Just worth noting that Battery Hens have been vaccinated. Richard New Member? Get more from the Forum and join in 'Members Chat' - you're very welcome
Re: Vaccinations for ChickensVaccines are usually only valid for a year ....I don't vaccinate either but mainly because I don't buy in I breed my own and a vaccination program is actually something that needs a lot of thought.
All battery hens are vaccinated and whilst the vaccines do have a half life and in most large scale poultry farming situations they will be topped up during the laying period. So even older hens will possibly still have live vaccine....so even getting them as older hens the chances are they will still have a live vaccine load. It would be a good idea to talk to your vet re the latest info re vaccines and what they think about it....because if you have vaccinated hens and then when they're say 18 months old get some more in you could be putting the older hens at a slight risk (because there is a slight risk) as the vaccine will no longer be effective....like I say double check with your vet. ¸.•´¸.•*´¨) ¸.•*¨)✰
(¸.✰´¨(¸.✰ Manda Living our version of the Good Life with 1 dog (who feels like we're living with 4!), 1 cats, a few sheep and 11 chooks. Don't get your knickers in a knot..it solves nothing ~ just makes you walk funny Re: Vaccinations for ChickensIs it important to buy vaccinated hens then or do people not usually
Sorry for all the questions, it must be the nurse in me that made me look into it.
Re: Vaccinations for ChickensInteresting and and thanks Manda, points I didn't know.
If they've been vaccinated, most Breeders will say so as a selling point. If Breeders say they have, do you get some documentation to say they are does anyone know? Finally, maybe not the same in NZ Manda but are we saying that Battery Hens have vaccinations which would probably only last their expected lifetime of just over one year? My point was that if you have ex-Batts and introduce Breeds, you would have to make sure the Breeds are vaccinated as well. Bit of a minefield isn't it. Richard New Member? Get more from the Forum and join in 'Members Chat' - you're very welcome
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