Bottle calves and chickens

[rob1976]

I have a couple bottle calves I bought spur of the moment. I don't have a shelter for them yet so I put them in with my chickens in the chicken house. My boss said that's not a good idea cause the chickens can give the calves a disease.. Has anyone heard of that?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi

Glad you could join the flock! I'm afraid I have no experience with calves but you could pop by the other livestock section, here is the link ~https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/22/other-pets-amp-livestock

There is also our sister site you could check out ~ http://www.backyardherds.com/

Wishing you the very best of luck I hope you get all the answers you need

 

[N F C]

I have zero experience with cows but Yorkshire coop has given you some great links to check out.

Good luck with all your animals!

 

[shortgrass]

Never heard of that, usually infectious diseases don't cross species, ie, chickens can't get mad cow, and cows can't get avian flu... Our birds and cows and sheep get along great.

But there are several bacteria and pathogens that ALL farm animals share, such as e coli, listeria, and camphlobacter, which are passable to humans. Here's more info..
http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/pets/farm-animals.html

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[NickyKnack]

Hello!

Welcome to BYC and the coop! There's a lot of great peeps here! Feel free to ask lots of questions. But most of all, make yourself at home. I'm so glad you decided to join the BYC family. I look forward to seeing you around BYC.

 

[Birdrain92]

I have a couple bottle calves I bought spur of the moment. I don't have a shelter for them yet so I put them in with my chickens in the chicken house. My boss said that's not a good idea cause the chickens can give the calves a disease.. Has anyone heard of that?

Welcome to BYC! There's very few but most diseases don't cross from mammal to avian and opposite.

 

[drumstick diva]