Chickens ?

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:14:19 GMT

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Flubenvet - as far as I am aware it is the only product licensed for layers where you can still eat the eggs...

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Thankyou,

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Gillian Mostyn — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:47:49 GMT

Flubenvet - as far as I am aware it is the only product licensed for layers where you can still eat the eggs...

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:41:41 GMT

Gillian, what do you use for worming them?

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Gillian Mostyn — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 06:03:26 GMT

We see a lot of backyard chucks - most of the vets local to us just refer them straight to us.

In my (humble) experience there are a few common problems:

-worms - amazing how many keepers don't realise that chucks kept on a small area need worming really regularly - we recommend monthly

-ex-bats are only supposed to be alive <2years so although it is great that people give them a lovely retirement, most (but not all, I know) are going to die of egg peritonitis or tumours at a relatively young age. They are egg factories, not genetically designed for a long life.

-inappropriate species choice - people get fluffy 'pretty' species like silkies - whose feathers are completely useless for anything other than looking pretty - and then expect them to live in their garden all year round with no 'maintenance'. It's like expecting a border collie and a papillon to cope with the same thing - show breeds are just a bit softer!!!

I agree with Mrs Mac - Black rocks are great! The sheen on them looks amazing and makes rain just run off the feathers beautifully. Much more practical than warrens - who just look like drowned rats when they get wet!

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Sal the 1st — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:06:43 GMT

I used to have a Leghorn,a Bantam, Buffs and a couple of Rhode Island Reds and a Welsummer who wasnt the smartest!

My friend 'Chicken George' has ex bats - not sure how many at the moment we lost count when it went over the 100 mark all very free range over several fields, they tend to put themselves to bed at night - all you need to do is go round before it gets too dark and drop the shutters. I am glad he doesnt use us as his vet, he seems to spend a fair amount of time at his.

had never really noticed before the last couple of months how many pet chickens are out there - there seem to be a lot with problems too. Maybe I was lucky with mine but there do seem to be some very sickly specimens out there

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Mac Feather — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:53:48 GMT

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My little darlings (Tikka, Roast, Poppy and Pokky!)

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Ive got Black Rock hens,love em.

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:48:56 GMT

Thanks for the link Gillian Sal i will speak to the vet the next time she is in, and ask her more questions on it. I know Simon is very up on his "exotics" etc and I have to say he was my tutor on the subject when I trained and he knows his stuff. I will get back to you as soon as I learn more.

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S-J — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:41:20 GMT

thought id let you know i got my first egg of my chucks today, no sure who did the laying but i gave them some dandilion leaves as an extra treat. hoping iits the first of many

Re: Chickens ?

Sal the 1st — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:52:37 GMT

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Just use the injectable in-house and dispense tylan. Simples

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simples if you stock those two drugs but not so simples if you dont

I have never had so many phone calls from pet chicken keepers as I have in the last few weeks!

Re: Chickens ?

Gillian Mostyn — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:13:10 GMT

Just use the injectable in-house and dispense tylan. Simples

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Sal the 1st — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:41:45 GMT

bad news for chucks then!

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Gillian Mostyn — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:48:59 GMT

Just checked on the NOAH website and it is true - baytril oral solution should not be used in poultry. If you're interested, the link is:

http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/Compendium/Overview/-41034.html

Re: Chickens ?

Sal the 1st — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:25:04 GMT

[quote user="Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA"]

Wow,y friends chicken is called Tikka too!!

Ayway I have a question......, Did anyone know that if you ever have to give your chickens Baytril, you can never eat ther eggs again? A vet from work has just been on a course run by Simon Girling, and he told them this!! I never knew that, and wondered if you guys did. Also as it was a busy day in prep I forgot to ask why you can never eat the eggs again.Anyone any idea why?

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we are currently using a 14day withdrawal period for eggs - so i would be very interested in anymore info on this

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Gillian Mostyn — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:04:09 GMT

As far as I was aware, if you use a non-licensed product the standard egg withdrawal must be used - which is 7 days from the date of last treatment (or 28 days for meat.) However, it is a long time since I learnt these rules at Uni so things may have changed - I know they have tightened up a lot on un-licensed drug use in food producing animals.However, as Tylan soluble is the ONLY licensed antibiotic for layers, you've got pretty limited options......

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:45:48 GMT

Wow,y friends chicken is called Tikka too!!

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Honeybadger — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 23:01:53 GMT

Beautiful ladies!

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Kim Buckley — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:20:01 GMT

Tikka and roast haha love it!

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Gillian Mostyn — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 21:52:26 GMT

My little darlings (Tikka, Roast, Poppy and Pokky!)

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S-J — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:32:32 GMT

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Vicky RVN — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:26:13 GMT

Yay how exciting! Def want to see some pics

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Gillian Mostyn — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:41:21 GMT

Yeah - our black rocks' beaks are trimmed too - but the warrens aren't. I think that is just to stop them harming each other during rearing as they were all prchased at POL from a farm in Derbyshire, and were never destined for intensive farming.

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S-J — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:34:50 GMT

my dad got them for me so not really sure, thier top beak seems to be clipped so i assumed ex battery. i dont mind, there very friendly and if it all works out ok i can expand a bit.

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Gillian Mostyn — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:11:24 GMT

I thought all battery hens were brown hybrids such as warrens??? I wouldn't have thought your breeds would have been good enough layers to be recruited.

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S-J — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:33:04 GMT

i got 3, a sussex, black rock and a grey speckly one. i think they are exbattery ones but they have already been reconditioned so to speak so all feathered and used to the outside world, and laying already apparently so ill have to see in the morning

Re: Chickens ?

Kim Buckley — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:58:00 GMT

How many have you got?