Vaccinate or Not

[Jedstar]

Yeah nah vaccines are just like a hype. I agree. I keep my chooks naturally. No vaccine's.

 

[HuffleClaw]

The cover picture for this thread is inaccurate and rather alarming

 

[FortCluck]

The cover picture for this thread is inaccurate and rather alarming

The picture for this article made me laugh It reminded me of one of those anti-vax photos you see with the baby who has all the shots going near its body. I didn't even know it became featured.

 

[birdiefluff]

Who gets their chicks vaccinated...

Why or why not

Answer poll then comment you opinions below

I answered no because I never have vaccinated my chicks but am thinking about doing it.

 

[Stephine]

Definitely would always vaccinate for Marek’s. Unfortunately the use of vaccines for this particular disease has made the disease so much more virulent that it kills nearly every bird that gets infected - and this is a very common disease. I haven’t vaccinated against anything else and I would never use antibiotics on my chickens.

 

[PioneerChicks]

I don't vaccinate if it can be helped. I try to keep everything I do, eat, and have natural. When I buy chicks from the store I accept that they may have already been vaccinated, but I won't go into any measure to have chicks I hatch myself vaccinated. Same goes for adult chickens.

 

[FortCluck]

I don't vaccinate if it can be helped. I try to keep everything I do, eat, and have natural. When I buy chicks from the store I accept that they may have already been vaccinated, but I won't go into any measure to have chicks I hatch myself vaccinated. Same goes for adult chickens.

Same

 

[Kat MacK]

If the vaccines conferred immunity (like most human vaccines do in most instances), I'd be a lot more likely to use them. I don't see the point in vaccinating for Marek's, for example, when what the vaccine does is partially repress symptoms so the bird lives longer but sheds the virus to other birds its entire life..

 

[9SpiceyChickens]

I vaccinate them when I can.

 

[BloomBunny]

Being airborne via feather dander I wouldn't put too much weight on being able to get the dead bird away before it infects others

It would show up during quarantine, prior to exposure.