Official BYC Poll: Are You Comfortable Injecting Vaccines or Medications Into Your Birds?

[igorsMistress]

It hasn’t come up yet but I’ve given my pets their shots so I wouldn’t have a problem injecting my birds.

 

[chickengr]

I am not comfortable but nobody asks how I feel. what needs to be done has to be done.

 

[AleyMoore]

We recently vaccinated our flock for fowlpox, it wasn’t as difficult as I thought it was going to be, and the instructions were very thorough!

 

[SweetPoultry]

I don't vaccinate my birds.

That's a shame, I lost an entire flock to Newcastle, I hadn't vaccinated yet, I've vaccinated my current flock once with directions from the vet.

 

[arwoon]

I don't vaccinate my birds, but I have had to administer intromuscular penicillin a lot.

 

[arwoon]

Cool vid, ty. Its the presence of a crop that makes me move more cautiously

I usually do it on the other side because of that.

 

[Regina Larsen]

I usually do it on the other side because of that.

Ahhh good idea!

 

[LizzzyJo]

I haven't done it yet, but it wouldn't bother me.

 

[Goosebaby]

I’m comfortable doing it on my own, though I prefer to do it under a vet’s instructions, not acting on guesses about what might be wrong, though that isn’t always easy.

There are amazing vets out there, but the last several years I’ve discovered that in my area there’s an abundance of incompetent or crooked vets, and now I don’t necesarily trust anyone physically handling or treating my birds. People will say they know what they’re doing, but their actions don’t lie.

 

[mopalia]

It wouldn't be a problem - if I could catch them!