Any experience with Avian Pox vaccination?

[CC Lefty]

I just posted this in the Meat Birds forum, but realized it might be better addressed here.

I have an order of 40 Red Broilers coming next week and I recently noticed that my laying flock seems to have avian pox. All of the girls are still active, healthy and laying so I've decided to let the pox simply runs its course. As for the meat birds, however, I'd like to keep them free, clean and growing strong. I understand that you can get the avian pox vaccination quite readily; I just wonder if any of you know where I can get some quickly and if you have any experiece vaccinating 2-3 day old chicks. Any informantion would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Yvonne37894]

We got ours from Jeffers pet supply.

you can order as much as you will need in the next year because of the expiration date.

good luck with this

http://www.jefferslivestock.com/ssc/product.asp?CID=2&mscssid=VATQSCK4RG778NQBC8WD8B4CJNN363A6

 

[4kidZ]

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Yep...Jeffers. There are 2 kinds...one for YOUR age and 1 for 4-6 weeks (I think) It's not very expensive and DEFINITELY worth it...you may want to get a few other vaccines while you are at it as you have to pay for the ice pack and the express shipping anyway.

You will need to know how to do the web wing method with the needle, but there are a few diagrams on line that you can google.

If I were you, and you ONLY have the dry pox on your other birds, now. start swabbing the pox twice a day w/ bentadine. The pox will dry up and fall off quicker. Also remember that the bedding (dirt, etc) is infected and STAYS infected for quite a long time, as all of the dried pox are infected when they fall off.

If the dry pox doesn't go away quick, it can lead to wet pox and once you have wet pox, you have a LOT of work ahead of you in order to save your birds.

Good luck

~4kidZ