Antibiotics will soon require vet prescription

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perchie.girl said:
If you have to fly in for the procedure they get you a hotel room and have a nurse check in on you. IN my case that worried me because Im somewhat of a high risk patient...

But Yeah... pretty much.

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The other concern is of course what if things go wrong? What is their rate of secondary infections, etc.. What recourse would you have if any! Yeah I'm glad you got yours and didn't have to find out! :)
 
I think the best solution here is to just not use them. Then there is no worry of shelf life, no border crossing, no vet bills and no prescription needed.

Either go holistic or breed for resistance. Bacteria isn't a virus like Marek's. It can be bred for resistance. A bacteria fails as a pathogen if it kills off all of its hosts before it can spread. So therefore, proper biosecurity and management practices should either solve or manage a problem outbreak.
 
Cyprus said:
I think the best solution here is to just not use them. Then there is no worry of shelf life, no border crossing, no vet bills and no prescription needed.

Either go holistic or breed for resistance. Bacteria isn't a virus like Marek's. It can be bred for resistance. A bacteria fails as a pathogen if it kills off all of its hosts before it can spread. So therefore, proper biosecurity and management practices should either solve or manage a problem outbreak.
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Can you please come live at my house and help manage the unicorn hens you mention that you will give to me!
I would like to know how the small flock enthusiast can get to the optimal place that you state.
I’m not being facetious or snarky, it just seems to be a unicorn for those not breeding poultry in any way.
 
Kathy Golla said:
Can you please come live at my house and help manage the unicorn hens you mention that you will give to me!
I would like to know how the small flock enthusiast can get to the optimal place that you state.
I’m not being facetious or snarky, it just seems to be a unicorn for those not breeding poultry in any way.
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I'm not sure what you mean by unicorn.

I suppose the average urban chicken keeper could seek out hens or pullets from breeders that have bred for some degree of resistance.
 
I'm not too sad to see them being made to require a prescription now. Sure, it makes it more difficult for people to obtain the antibiotics if they need them, but they are also overused, so it is time for the "greater good" to be taken into consideration.

I posted a thread about antibiotic use earlier this year: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/the-implications-of-antibiotic-use.1296394/

People are very caught up in their own selfish desires, it will cost them money to obtain a prescription for the antibiotics from a vet, but it is time for safeguards to be enacted to prevent antibiotic overuse. For those complaining about the burden to convenience in obtaining antibiotics, it'll be even less convenient for you if vet-prescribed antibiotics stop working on your animals, due to resistance caused by overuse, or if an antibiotic resistant zoonotic pathogen emerges which starts killing your friends and family.
 

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