Can anyone suggest tips on finding a good veterinarian for chickens?

[akd23237]

I'm in Miami, Florida, I might have to take my rooster.

 

[swtangel321]

Have you looked in the phone book and called around to see if anyone looks at chickens !!

I would also call your state vet and ask if they know anyone, I'm sure they could help you also !!


Whats wrong with your rooster ??

 

[mtnhomechick]

Good Luck..........I paid 101.50 to hear she had never held a chicken before.

Finally, after two weeks of rehab....I had to kill my pullet.

Mary

 

[speckledhen]

Here you go: http://www.aav.org/vet-lookup/locate-vet2.php?query_field=city&search_string=Miami

This may help you.

 

[akd23237]

Thanks, Speckledhen! That really helps!
Yah, I'd hate to take the roo to a vet who never handled chickens before.
I had posted about what was wrong with him at (I never got much help though): https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=113944

 

[dlhunicorn]

If you have a zoo near you (and the zoo has jungle fowl and pheasants and such) ask them who the vet is... several members at our silkie club have the local zoo vet.

 

[akd23237]

dihunicorn- great idea, thanks!

 

[NYREDS]

Most vets know very little about chickens. The Veterinary Medicine program at Cornell For example includes one poultry course & it's focused on commercial operations.
In my opiniion it's foolish to take a chicken to the vet due to the cost alone. The vet bill is more than the chicken is worth. I see reports here of people spending hundreds of dollars on a dead chicken. I think it's crazy but I know others here disagree.

 

[mtnhomechick]

Quote:
I agree....and I did exactly that. Two weeks later dh was doin' the deed. No hope.......nerves severed and money wasted. Two weeks spent Chicken Sitting for a poor girl in traction that thought she was a lap chicken......but just couldn't find the chicken wheelchair....to expensive, too many tears........it's not what I would do again.

Don't regret it though......it's a lesson like anything else.