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Yes! Just recently I was talking with the owner of a local poultry supply house, he attends most regional shows and he said that there has been an out break of Laryngotracheitis. This is a real killer and easily spread, something that you DON'T want to pick up. There is also Mareks which needs to be given preferably before age 3 days, but definitely before the chicks are exposed to adult birds. There is also a vaccine for Mycoplasma gallisepticum or MG which I don't believe is as easily spread, but it is not an uncommon ailment. The problem with all of these is that they are sold in quantities for 1000's of birds rather than for the backyard chicken owner. If you can find someone, or several someones that you could split it with you could bring your costs down. The LT is not terribly expensive, but Mareks is a bit pricey particularly because once you open the container, you must use all of the doses or throw away what you don't use, and MG is horribly expensive. I've been lucky that I have someone that is willing to split the vaccines with me. I not sure that shows are the worst for spreading things, but definitely if you're going to be buying birds from the shows or for that matter most anyplace you should vaccinate. I know that most folks isolate their new birds, but I just don't know if that would be good enough if you happened to pick up something with LT.
Yes! Just recently I was talking with the owner of a local poultry supply house, he attends most regional shows and he said that there has been an out break of Laryngotracheitis. This is a real killer and easily spread, something that you DON'T want to pick up. There is also Mareks which needs to be given preferably before age 3 days, but definitely before the chicks are exposed to adult birds. There is also a vaccine for Mycoplasma gallisepticum or MG which I don't believe is as easily spread, but it is not an uncommon ailment. The problem with all of these is that they are sold in quantities for 1000's of birds rather than for the backyard chicken owner. If you can find someone, or several someones that you could split it with you could bring your costs down. The LT is not terribly expensive, but Mareks is a bit pricey particularly because once you open the container, you must use all of the doses or throw away what you don't use, and MG is horribly expensive. I've been lucky that I have someone that is willing to split the vaccines with me. I not sure that shows are the worst for spreading things, but definitely if you're going to be buying birds from the shows or for that matter most anyplace you should vaccinate. I know that most folks isolate their new birds, but I just don't know if that would be good enough if you happened to pick up something with LT.
) but isn't it true that if your birds are exposed to Laryngo that you can vaccinate after the fact and still give them immunity that way? I know someone who shows all over the country and he did this quite a few years ago. I think it was successful.
