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Hi, I read a lot of the posts here, but not all of them. I didn't see if the de-crowing service was offered in Southern California. Does anyone know? thanks.
As far as I know there are only two vets in this country that can and/or will do this surgery. I'm one of them and the vet in Phoenix that taught me. I searched for a couple of years to find this procedure and someone who was willing to teach it.
I have had several people interested from CA. It is actually pretty difficult and what I would consider expensive to legally export poultry out of that state. There is no government funding for the bio-security programs for backyard poultry like in most other states. Also, vet costs are considerably higher. I might be able to get you in touch with somebody that could help with testing to legally export him if you are interested in shipping him.
Interestingly, CA had a pretty severe outbreak of Newcastle's disease which resulted in a mass kill-off of poultry (including backyard flocks) in that state. Poultry vets were flown in from all over the country on short notice to help contain the spread. It's kind of funny that CA has the most lax regulations concerning disease in poultry and seems to have disease issues that other states just don't see. I take this bio-security stuff pretty seriously and I think its good PR that backyard poultry owners do the same. I'll get off of my soap box.
There have been some pretty good posts here lately. If anybody has any questions feel free to message me.
Thanks.
Dr. James