What poultry product do you wish you had?

[ellend]

I dont take my chickens to vets because doing so is a waste of money as the vets dont know what is wrong nor do they have the necessary skills to treat if they did know. That is why science needs to catch up with the times. There are more animals out there than just dogs and cats that need medical attention. People have owned birds for pets for a long time and still there is not much attention to treating avian illness.

 

[ellend]

So ... is there no point in having the chicks vaccinated, then? Waste of money?

NO! Your bird is far more likely to survive the virus.

 

[Cyprus]

NO! Your bird is far more likely to survive the virus.

Survive, yes. Pass it on to others forever, you bet ya!

 

[ellend]

Any other products you wish existed? Maybe we can get some European folks to weigh in?

Chicken medications in small amounts for city folks' small flocks. Or in individual tablet doses, so all 4 birds can be individually dosed. Bantam doses listed on meds. A heated waterer with deep, secure threads so the two parts don't separate and soak you.

 

[BreanneRN]

Or it will do both and really confuse people....

I had one like that, but it was a Sultan... If put with a hen, it crowed, if put with a roo, it layed eggs. Still don"t know what it was, but don't have that breed anymore.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Survive, yes. Pass it on to others forever, you bet ya!

Okay .... I'm a little confused now.

 

[Cyprus]

Okay .... I'm a little confused now.

Carriers can pass the virus on to other chickens. Vaccinated birds become carriers from the vaccine.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Even if it's not a live vaccine? Forgive me, I'm not at all knowledgeable about this stuff, but I thought the vaccine just stimulated the body to create antibodies in response to the vaccine... but hmm, I do know that an immunosuppressed person can't be around a baby or child that's had a polio vaccine even though the vaccine is the killed virus... right?

 

[Cyprus]

Even if it's not a live vaccine? Forgive me, I'm not at all knowledgeable about this stuff, but I thought the vaccine just stimulated the body to create antibodies in response to the vaccine... but hmm, I do know that an immunosuppressed person can't be around a baby or child that's had a polio vaccine even though the vaccine is the killed virus... right?

Yeah, same deal I believe.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Yeah, same deal I believe.

Thanks. That helps.