Corona/covid vaccine for chicks?

[nuthatched]

I typically add chicks in my order for a few local families, one family texted me to see if I'd heard about a 'covid vaccine' for chicks and if i had any information on it.
I hadn't, frankly it sounds like Facebook scuttlebutt.
Anybody have any information or confirmation of scuttlebutt?

 

[theoldchick]

No. But they do use mRNA vaccines for Infectious Bronchitis Virus (a coronavirus) in chickens.


https://today.uconn.edu/2025/06/fig...nn-researchers-pioneer-nanoparticle-approach/

 

[FrostRanger]

I haven't heard of it either? I'm leaning towards it being mostly rumor perhaps with a grain of truth to it. In any case I've also haven't heard of covid being a problem in chickens either so barring extraordinary circumstances, I wouldn't get it for my flock - and if it did exist it sounds like the type of thing the average backyard keeper wouldn't be able to get their hands on anyways

And to clarify, I am not against vaccinating chickens, - my own birds are vaccinated against merek's and fowl pox - I am just for making educated decisions on what to vaccinate for

 

[ParanoidAndroid]

As far as I know Birds in general lack the Receptors necessary to catch Covid. So probably no Vaccine for them.

 

[theoldchick]

https://extension.psu.edu/infectious-bronchitis-in-chickens/

 

[theoldchick]

https://poultrydvm.com/condition/infectious-bronchitis