Texas

[PerfectPoultry]

Yes, I take my chickens to the vet!

 

[RachaelS]

ok wierd Q.....
Do show fowl get medical check-ups? Im in school to be a vet tech and we have worked on chickens so it seems like some people take chickens in to the vet....

I don't and wont, but then again I don't have show fowl, LOL! If I had a bunch of sudden deaths I would pay for a narcolepsy (sp?), but that is about it.

 

[PerfectPoultry]

I don't show mine, but if one gets sick they will go to the vet.

 

[CatKai]

Finding a Vet that will see chickens might be the issue. I work for my Vet, 3 Vets in the practice and none of them will see chickens.

 

[bnjrob]

ok wierd Q.....
Do show fowl get medical check-ups? Im in school to be a vet tech and we have worked on chickens so it seems like some people take chickens in to the vet....

I have not seen medical checkups as a requirement for any poultry shows. But if there are obviously ill birds at the show, the judges are supposed to disqualify them and have the birds removed ASAP. And here in TX, the birds are supposed to have a Typhoid-free & Pullorum-free certificate which requires the poultry person from TVMDL to draw blood and have it tested.

 

[bnjrob]

I don't and wont, but then again I don't have show fowl, LOL! If I had a bunch of sudden deaths I would pay for a narcolepsy (sp?), but that is about it.

Necropsy is what you are thinking about. Narcolepsy is a sleeping disorder. Of course if you have a chicken with narcolepsy, you might want to take it to a vet.

 

[bnjrob]

Finding a Vet that will see chickens might be the issue. I work for my Vet, 3 Vets in the practice and none of them will see chickens.

So true. My husband will see chickens and has had some clients ask if he will see their chickens after the clients found out that he has chickens and has brought them in for xrays and such. But then my husband loves to see exotics and such, which most vets just cringe at.

 

[RachaelS]

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Wow, thank you for catching that. Yep, I might actually go to a vet for that.... LOL!!!!

 

[chickletteSarge]

So true. My husband will see chickens and has had some clients ask if he will see their chickens after the clients found out that he has chickens and has brought them in for xrays and such. But then my husband loves to see exotics and such, which most vets just cringe at.

im in an 18 mo program with VTI, i would be interrested to speak to your hubby about externing there! im about 6-7months in.... tough stuff!

 

[chickletteSarge]

Thank you everyone for all your opinions! i kno some people think taking their chickens to the vet is a waist! hey i do too! im just sayin.... some people treat their chickens as real pets and not just livestock that is replaceable.if my DD came to me with her d' Uccles ill i would take them in to a vet if she asked.... they are her babies! she loves them Adams's lol