cluckingmad Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Hi all Recently brought home three lovely new ladies who are all pure breeds and who have been vaccinated against Mareks, Newcastle disease and microplasma.... Now then - is it also worth getting them vaccinated against salmonella? Of our currentl beautiful girls, three are omlet girls (so fully vacc'ed), one is an ex-batt (so also fully done), four are from Wernlas (again, vaccinated) and three are rehomed from another chook hobbiest so we don't know their vaccination status. Coccidiosis is the other one I'd wondered about, but think that is given at 2 days of age so not much use in 20wk old pullets?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 The problem with vaccinations (unless something has changed)is that they come in bulk and so unless you can request for you birds to be tagged on to a vaccination day at the same time as a local breeder/farm it would be hugely expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margalot Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 The problem with vaccinations (unless something has changed)is that they come in bulk and so unless you can request for you birds to be tagged on to a vaccination day at the same time as a local breeder/farm it would be hugely expensive. Hi from SWindon! I had a leaflet through from the Great Western referrrals last Friday that was trying to organize a day where they would go and vaccinate back garden small flocks. they think if enough people are interested they will be able to get the price right down. Also they are having a conference in Sept I beleive for advise for back garden chicken keepers and it sounds as if they have a new Poultry vet there. I am at work at the moment so the letter is at home, but they are definatley on the case of helping chicken keepers, must have had lots of poorly hens referred. when I had to take my Bon-Bon there to be PTS they were so lovely and understanding. I can get more info from the letter if you need it Chucky Mama Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluckingmad Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Thats a good idea! Must admit to being very lucky, in that our local farm vet is always happy to tag on a few backyard hens to a vaccination day when he does the local farm flocks - did look into getting the three hens who we don't think have had any vaccinatiosn at all done for Mareks, but there weren't any other flocks being done at that time so we were advised to leave them be as they'll be protected by herd immunity (am an immunologist so this stuff fascinates me!! In case anyone hasn't heard of this before, its effectively when unvaccinated individuals are protected from disease because the other birds are protected so the infections don't tend to take hold - same as what happened with measles in children, due to large numbers being vaccinated the illness became less common so unvaccinated children also had some protection) I promise I shall now revert out of work-mode and back to gooing at my lovely new girls!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chucky Mama Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I can get more info from the letter if you need it Chucky Mama Michelle Thanks, I would be interested to see what they are laying on. - are you going to docsquids at the weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margalot Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 I can get more info from the letter if you need it Chucky Mama Michelle Thanks, I would be interested to see what they are laying on. - are you going to docsquids at the weekend? No sounds great fun though, I will bring the leaflet to work tomorrow with me and I can post a few more details about it for people in the Wiltshire /Swindon area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
