What do you vaccinate chickens for regularly?

[daze333]

I have recently had to cull my flock because they had ILT. I now have 24 healthy chicks in my garage. I will vaccinate them with the modified live vaccine for ILT at 4 wks and boost them later.

This got me thinking if you "should" vaccinate for anything else?

My flock is generally in a coop and run and once a day let out for a couple of hours to free range on 1 1/2 acres. I have 3 neighbors who have backyard flocks and of course, lots of wild birds. This is where I think the ILT came from. I live in Northwest Washington. I know there is ILT here. What else can wild birds carry? How can I find out if breakouts of anything else are in this area?

Don't get me wrong, I do not want to overmedicate and weaken my flock's immune system, but I would just hate to vaccinate for ILT then have to cull my flock because of IB or something!!

Could I have some opinions please?

 

[ivan3]

Just a couple links that might be useful. First is to main page, the second to an included link on vaccination.

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/poulsci/tech_manuals/small_flock_resources.html

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/PS/PS03000.pdf

 

[daze333]

Thank you for the links. What do other Washingtonians vaccinate for?

Also the 24 chicks I have now I incubated, so they have no vaccinations currently.

I plan to buy some more chicks from McMurray. Do I need to worry about my current chicks getting infected by something the hatchery chicks might be vaccinated for?