Nin315
Chirping
I'm not sure why everyone assumes that needing an antibiotic is only bc of bad husbandry. My mother has 25 chickens, I have 50. There are other needs for them than disease. Mom had one chicken get an eye injury from an aggressive chicken, (now rehomed), and her eye looked to be getting infected. I went to Big R to get an antibiotic, as I had seen some there previously. They said new laws require script. Called vet and they told me to get an antibiotic in Indiana, we would haver 2 options. 1. Bringing chicken in..cost for an office call is 25 bucks.. and option 2.having vet come out and inspect flock to verify that flock is healthy,,,cost for visit is 75 dollars. Mom loves, spoils, and overkill on any husbandry, but she couldn't justify 25 bucks at minimum for 1 chicken. We separated her, gave vitamins, spoilEd her rotten, and let her out of cage to forage with a few of mom's other chickens that are free range. Because we couldn't get simple antibiotics, she kept getting worse no matter what mom did..and of course by this time mom loved her dearly. My brother finally had to put her down when it was obvious that she was suffering..ALL of this could have been solved with what we could have bought previously for around five dollars. IMHO this is another totally ridiculous example of overkill and invasion from government. .yes there may be some ppl who have zero common sense. But a simple injury, easily and cheaply treated previously turns into this mess. What if u have a chicken get attacked by a dog, raccon, etc? Even when our vet knew the situation, she said she had to follow the rules..I don't blame her but this is crazy.