Are all chicks vaccinated

[casportpony]

Yes, I mean pine shavings. I've had many cases of Coccidiosis in my 3 weeks olds that's never been outside. Had one really severe case last year where I had to treat them twice.

very unlikely that they got coccidiosis from the shavings. Much more likely that they got it from you.

I brood mine indoors, on towels, in clean brooders, yet sometimes mine will get it.

 

[K0k0shka]

No I don't feed Medicated feed since it doesn't contain enough Amprolium for prevention.

Why do you think that? And how is not providing any Amprolium better than providing however much is in the feed? Can't be cost, because medicated feed isn't more expensive. At TSC right now it is in fact one dollar cheaper than non-medicated.

 

[cmom]

Does anyone know if chicks from Cackle Hatchery in Wi, are vaccinated for coccidiosis. And does anyone know how to test chicken for pullorum typhoid?

Many hatcheries will vaccinate but not for cocci but will for merek's but there is an extra cost. Feeding medicated feed helps the chicks to form a resistance to cocci, it's not a preventative. There is no need to get the birds tested for NPIP certification unless you are showing them as shows require the birds be tested prior to showing. You can either have them come out and test your flock or there are testers at the shows that will test the birds when checking them in. My birds are tested yearly but I do show my birds. I have the testing agent come out and test. I have a lot of birds so instead of trying to catch them and test them I get them ready before the testing agent comes out so it goes pretty quick. I am a breeder farm. Good luck and have fun...

From their website here in Florida.
"The diseases covered by the NPIP are avian influenza (fowl plague) and those produced by S. pullorum (pullorum disease), S. gallinarum (fowl typhoid), S. enterica var. enteritidis, Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG, chronic respiratory disease, and infectious sinusitis in turkeys), M. synoviae (MS, infectious synovitis), and M. meleagridis (MM, day-old airsacculitis). In addition, the NPIP has programs such as “U.S. Salmonella Monitored” and “U.S. Sanitation Monitored” that are intended to reduce the incidence of salmonella organisms in hatching eggs, chicks, and poults through effective and practical sanitation procedures at the breeder farm and in the hatchery."

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I was planing on showing so, can I just do one bird?

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

This is what I feed my chicks:

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You can find it at TSC. They ship, too.

Is this better to feed than what Im feeding them, also mine I don’t think is medicated.

 

[21hens-incharge]

To be clear...

The "medicine" in medicated chick starter isn't like an antibiotic it is a thiamine inhibitor so it starves out any coccidia.

More about it here.
https://www.poultrymed.com/Amprolium

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I know it is not good to switch feed once it is started and mine is non-medicated, the other feed from tsc is 4 dollars cheaper I will use this next year

 

[K0k0shka]

Is this better to feed than what Im feeding them, also mine I don’t think is medicated.

Yes, this is better because it's medicated with Amprolium against coccidiosis. Yours isn't medicated. Switch them to the medicated feed.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Why do you think that? And how is not providing any Amprolium better than providing however much is in the feed? Can't be cost, because medicated feed isn't more expensive. At TSC right now it is in fact one dollar cheaper than non-medicated.

Eggcessive is where I learned that from like some years ago.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

Can I do that now, is there something else I can give them?