There are a ton of experienced and knowledgeable people here on BYC, but we'd never tell anyone not to take their chicken to a vet if they have access to one and it's something serious.Hi Shadrach,
No, I´m not a native Spaniard...but I´m working on it! I´m originally from Scotland in the UK. My Spanish is reasonable (I try to do 2 hours of learning every day) but nowhere near perfect. We stay in the campo near a town called almoradi in South East Spain (its about 30km south of Alicante). Fortunately, one of our Spanish friends works in a local vets, so we have got antibiotics if we need them. Unfortunately - and this is just the way things are - when we took one of our hens in a couple of years ago, the vet said he´d never had a chicken brought to him, and he´s been a vet for 30 years.
The simple truth is that nobody takes a €2 chicken to a vet that is going to charge €30 just to look at it. So, I think you are right that seeking out an experienced breeder may be the best option. Then again, there´s also plenty of experts on here, I´d imagine.
Most times, vets have access to tests and treatments we don't and are usually very helpful, but too often, we have members ask us what to do because their vet didn't know what to do or they didn't trust what the vet suggested.
