Re: Sick Black Rock


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"Steve Newport" <steven@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yeah, interesting comment on vets. The largest practice in our area
only had one vet that apparently knew anything about chickens. We
would have had to wait 10 days before he came back from holiday. Thank
God for SPR

To be fair, it's probably not terribly economically rewarding for a vet
to know much about an animal that is worth about 1/3 what it costs to
take the animal to the vet or have the vet come out.

But that is NOT true

Chickens cost more than most dogs and cats to acquire and house and keep.
Vets are entirely happy to take several hundreds of pounds before a dog or
cat is more than 9 months old for vaccinations and neutering
They should treat every animal that is presented, there is plenty of
backup
Its not up to the vet to decide what is economic when the owner is
prepared to pay !!!!

If a chicken dies, the cost of housing is irrelevant, as a replacement will
use the same housing as the dead chicken, (assuming proper disinfection).
Here, it costs about $2 to buy a chick, $10-$20 for a POL hen. Most poultry
_owners_ will not pay $40 for the hen to see a vet when it is far cheaper to
cull her or just let her die. Hence, the vet is not likely to have much
experience with chickens. That's not the vet's fault and not really the
owner's fault (they won't be in business long if they don't look at the
economics of the situation when the chicken is livestock and not a pet).
It's just the way things are. The only time it really makes sense to call
in a vet is if you think the whole flock could be at risk.


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