The Chicken Vets

11/12/2023

I am setting times for the vaccination clinic this upcoming week. I have messaged everyone who said that they were interested. I do need a bit more information from some - then I will generate times to either bring in your birds or to pick up vaccines. If you are interested but have not heard back from me - let me know and we can set up a time.

07/12/2023

Well it looks like we have some interest in an upcoming vaccination clinic. We are located at 1460 Gordon St Guelph. We will be beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital. If you are interested in attending the clinic - please message us and I will assign a time to show up. If you are wanting to pick up vaccines to do this at home - that works as well. In the previous post I listed the information that will be required. Dr. Nickey Brown

05/12/2023

There seems to be interest in doing another chicken vaccination clinic. We are looking to host one more on Thursday December 14th from 6pm - 8pm. We can only host if there is enough interest. Please let me know if you are interested in either picking up vaccines for your flock or bringing your chicks/chickens in to be vaccinated

Cost and set up of vaccination clinics;
You can participate in 3 ways;
1) You can bring your chickens to the clinic for us to vaccinate – we will set up a time for you and you will need to bring your chickens in boxes/carriers along with an empty box so that once they are vaccinated we can separate them until we get through the flock (if you have more than 5 chicks/chickens).
Cost of this is;
$20 appointment fee then;
For flocks

19/06/2023

I hope that everyone is having a great summer so far. I will be away from June 20th until July10th. I will not have great access to Facebook. If you have a medical emergency with your chickens; please call Campus Estates Animal Hospital 519-837-1212. If you have a question that is not time sensitive, you can still message me and I will try to answer you. I will not be able to get medications.

10/05/2023

Our next vaccination clinic will be Thursday May 25th 6-8pm. This will be our last clinic for the season. We are not able to do the one in June.
The vaccines that will be offered are Mareks, Newcastle/bronchitis, salmonella, e coli, ILT and cocci. The exact vaccines will depend on age of your chicks/hens, vaccination status and what vaccines can be given at the same time.

There are 2 options
1) pick up vaccines to vaccinate your flock once you get home
2) bring your birds for us to vaccinate

We are located at 1460 Gordon St Guelph - beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital

Costs are all outlined on earlier post

If you would like to attend, please message us and we will assign you a time to arrive. I will need your address (including postal code) phone number, full name if you use something different on Facebook and e-mail address. I will also need to know number of birds, approx age of the birds and previous vaccines.

Get your birds vaccinated to help prevent disease!

10/04/2023

Lots of questions regarding the vaccination clinic this week - I will answer in a post for all to read.
1) We do not ship vaccines. When we do a clinic, we make up the vaccines so that it can be split amongst may chicks/chickens to help reduce cost. Once they are made up, they are only good for 2 hours. You can purchase vaccines from us prior to mixing so you can do a large quantity at home, but the cost will go up as they are often for 500, 1000 or 2000 animals. I still don't ship these.
2) Vaccines that we offer; Mareks, ILT, Newcastle/bronchitis, salmonella, e coli, cocci vaccine. Not all are given at the same time, and some are based on age - we determine that based on the age of the flock, previous vaccination status.
3) We are located at 1460 Gordon St Guelph, we run the clinic beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital.
4) The other dates for vaccination clinics as posted are May 25th and June 22nd - NOTE the June date will likely change - I will post if it does.

09/04/2023

Our next vaccination clinic will be this Thursday April 13th 6-8pm. Please let us know if you would like to bring in your chicks/chickens to be vaccinated or would like to bring vaccines home to do yourselves. I have had a few people reach out and I will be responding on Monday.
Happy Easter.

14/03/2023

The chicken vets 2023

Vaccination Clinic; we will be hosting vaccination clinics this year;

Location of clinic is; 1460 Gordon St Guelph – beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital

Tuesday March 21st 6 – 8pm
Thursday April 13th 6-8pm
Thursday May 25th 6-8pm
Thursday June 22nd 6-8pm

Cost and set up of vaccination clinics;
You can participate in 3 ways;

1) You can bring your chickens to the clinic for us to vaccinate – we will set up a time for you and you will need to bring your chickens in boxes/carriers along with an empty box so that once they are vaccinated we can separate them until we get through the flock (if you have more than 5 chicks/chickens).

Cost of this is;
$20 appointment fee then;
For flocks

14/03/2023

Our chicken vaccination clinics are starting up again! Stay tuned for more details.

11/04/2022

Avian Influenza update;

Minister Thompson’s office forwarded the link below to a bulletin released by the Minister. To limit the spread of avian influenza in the province, Minister Thompson, on the advice of the Chief Veterinarian for Ontario, has issued a Minister’s Order under the Animal Health Act, 2009, with the purpose of limiting the commingling of birds from different locations in order to reduce the risk of disease transmission. Effective 12:01 a.m. April 9, 2022, the movement to and participation of birds in events where they commingle, such as shows, sales, swaps, fairs, sport and educational displays is prohibited. More details can be found at the link below or on OMAFRA’s web page click here



EN: https://news.ontario.ca/en/bulletin/1001997/ontario-taking-additional-action-to-protect-flocks

FR: https://news.ontario.ca/fr/bulletin/1001997/lontario-adopte-des-mesures-supplementaires-pour-proteger-les-troupeaux

L’Ontario adopte des mesures supplémentaires pour protéger les troupeaux | Salle de presse de l'Ontario

26/03/2022

NOTICE; We will have to cancel our vaccination clinic tomorrow - Sunday March 27th. There are 3 barns in our surrounding area that are highly suspicious of having avian influenza. This is a contagious disease. Based on that information, we have decided to cancel the clinic to ensure the safety of the birds we care for. We will post when it is safe to resume our vaccination clinics.

22/03/2022

We are hosting our vaccination clinic this upcoming Sunday from 1-3pm. If you are interested in having your chicks, hens, flock vaccinated let us know and we can schedule you in.

13/03/2022

We are going to do our first spring vaccination clinic Sunday March 27th from 1-3pm.

Location is 1460 Gordon St Guelph - we will be hosting it beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital

Cost of the clinic is $20 call fee and $12/bird - if you are picking up boosters for your flock it is $7.00/bird.

We vaccinate for Mareks, e coli, salmonella, Newcastle/bronchitis and ILT. NOTE some vaccines can not be given together (we do not give Newcastle/bronchitis at the same time as ILT) ILT will be given to birds over 6weeks of age only.

We will have chicken supplies for sale as well - such as Prevail for cleaning, mite/lice treatment, first aid kits, dewormer, wound flush etc.

How to book; you can message us, let us know if you are interested - I will give you a time to come. Please let us know how many birds you will be brining. When you come, please have your birds in a safe travel cage. If you have more than 4 birds, please bring a cardboard box that we can put the vaccinated birds.

If you have any COVID symptoms, have been exposed to anyone with COVID or have been told to isolate, please do not come.

If this is your first time coming to the clinic, we will need to register you. I will need your name, address, phone number and e-mail. We will provide you with a sheet to let you know what your birds have been vaccinated for. We have posted on this website information about the vaccines - please refer to that if you have specific questions about the vaccines.

We are excited to be back this spring and looking forward to seeing you and your chickens!

Dr. Nickey Brown, Dr. Mike Petrick, Jennifer, Bridgette and Mercedes.

27/10/2021

We have been a bit delayed on getting out information for our next vaccination clinic/pick up.
We are going to do a vaccination pick up on Saturday October 30th from 2-4pm. This will be a time for you to pick up booster vaccines for your flock. If this is a first time, we can get you set up as well. We will still have our first aid kits, dewormer, ectiban and cleaning supplies available for purchase. If you are interested in coming by to get boosters please message us and we will set up a time. I will need to know how many in your flock and approx ages. Let us know if you have any questions.
Location is 1460 Gordon St Guelph - beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital.

24/07/2021

We have a few more spots left for this upcoming Sunday for our vaccine clinic. Please message us to boom your spot.

16/07/2021

We are having our next vaccination clinic! It is scheduled for Sunday July 25th from 1-3pm.
If you are looking to pick up boosters let us know, what you are looking for and for how many, we will set up a time for you to pick these up.
If you are looking to bring your chicks, hens or roosters to get vaccinated - message us and we will set a time.
We vaccinate for Mareks, ILT, coccida, Salmonella, E coli, Newcastle and bronchitis. Not all can be given at once and it is age dependent.
Where - 1460 Gordon St Guelph beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital
We are still doing curb side drop off. WE will be vaccinating in the lobby so you can see, but we still can not have people in.
Cost is $20 call fee and $12/bird - for boosters it is $7.00/bird.
Please bring your birds in a box and if you have more than 5 birds, bring a 2nd box with you.
These spots fill fast. We will also have our dewormer, stop pick, first aid kits, prevail for cleaning and ectiban for mites - in great demand this year!

27/06/2021

Our Chicken vaccination clinic is tomorrow from 1-3 pm.
If you have messaged me, you have a time and are confirmed.

We are located at 1460 Gordon st, beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital.

Please do your CoVID screen before you come. If you are unwell, travelled, been told to isolate, been exposed to someone who has symptoms or told to isolate, please do not come.

If your chickens are sick, please do not bring them. We will not vaccinate sick chickens.

Wear a mask.

We are looking forward to seeing you again, your chickens and being able to keep your flock healthy!!

We will have deworming medication, mite/ lice treatment, treatment for coccida and our first aid kits available.

See you Sunday.

The Chicken Vets.

14/06/2021

We have just a few spots left for our next vaccination clinic. If you are interested in picking up boosters, supplies or brining in your hens, roosters or chicks for vaccines - let me know. June 27th 1-3pm

09/06/2021

We are having our next vaccination clinic! It is scheduled for Sunday June 27th from 1-3pm.
If you are looking to pick up boosters let us know, what you are looking for and for how many, we will set up a time.
If you are looking to bring your chicks, hens or roosters to get vaccinated - message us and we will set up a time.
We vaccinate for Mareks, ILT, coccida, Salmonella, E coli, Newcastle and bronchitis. Not all can be given at once and it is age dependent.
Where - 1460 Gordon St Guelph beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital
We are still doing curb side drop off. WE will be vaccinating in the lobby so you can see, but we still can not have people in.
Cost is $20 call fee and $12/bird - for boosters it is $7.00/bird.
Please bring your birds in a box and if you have more than 5 birds, bring a 2nd box with you.
Looking forward to seeing you and your little chicks!

16/04/2021

Update for our vaccination clinic - we are going to postpone this clinic for a month as of now. With the new closures and the risk of variances, we can not take this risk bringing people together from different cities. I am very sorry that we have to do this again. Stay well and stay safe. The Chicken Vets.

14/04/2021

We are going to continue with our vaccination clinic this Saturday. We would ask everyone to please wear a mask, do not come if you have any respiratory or COVID symptoms or if you have been in contact with anyone who has tested positive. We will be doing curbside drop off only. Please respect social distancing.

We do have a couple of spaces left if anyone would like to register for vaccines this Saturday from 3-5pm.
We are at 1460 Gordon St - Guelph, beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital.
Please come at your assigned time.
We will meet you outside, get your chicks and bring them in to vaccinate.

06/04/2021

It appears to be mite season in the chicken world! Wow we are getting a lot of messages about treatment of mites and lice. We do have a product called Ectiban that we use to treat mites. If we have not seen you before, we will need to set up a telemedicine appointment first to establish a client relationship. You can message us on this site and we can set up a time. From there we can determine what medication is required for your flock. If you need mite treatment we can get this for you.

30/03/2021

For our vaccination clinic on April 17th -

cost ;$20 call fee then $12/ bird for initial vaccination. If you are picking up boosters it is $7/bird.

30/03/2021

April Vaccination Clinic for your chicks, hens and roosters.

Date; Saturday April 17th
Time 3-5pm
Location; 1460 Gordon St Guelph Beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital
How to book; please message us and we will assign you a slot to come.
If you want to pick up booster vaccines, we will set that up. We typically do that just before 3pm or right at 3pm.

What to bring. Your chickens to be vaccinated in a travel safe container. If you have more than 4 chickens to vaccinate, please bring an empty box so that we can move the vaccinated chickens from one box to the other - keeps it easier for us.

We are still working with a closed door policy - what this means is that you will bring your chickens to the door, we will take them and go inside the clinic to do the vaccines. We do it right in the front area of the clinic so you can still see everything that we are doing. Please wear a mask. Do not come if you have any respiratory symptoms or been in contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID.

We will also have supplies available for purchase;
First aid kits
ectiban
dewormer - panacur
amperol
Prevail cleaner
stop pick spray
wound flush
electrolytes

28/03/2021

We had a great time last week at our vaccination clinic! It was great to see all of your very cute hens, roosters and chicks.

16/03/2021

Our March vaccination clinic is this upcoming Sunday - the 21st from 3-5pm. We have 2 spots left, if you are interested, please message us.
We are located at 1460 Gordon St - beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital. We are still working on curbside - what does this mean? When you arrive, please wear your mask. We will take your chicks inside and vaccinate them, you will need to stay outside. We will have a table of supplies if you need to pick something up. We will have dewormer, ectiban, first aid kits, and Prevail cleaner. If you have more than 3 chicks/hens to vaccinate, please bring an empty box so that we can put the vaccinated chicks in a separate box from the non vaccinated ones. Let us know if you have any questions. We are looking forward to getting this season started off right - with vaccinating your backyard chicks, hens and roosters!

02/03/2021

We have had lots of people interested in our vaccination clinic this upcoming March - if you would like to get your hens/chicks/roosters vaccinated let me know so we can get you a spot, there are only a few left. If you would like to pick up booster vaccines please also let me know. We like to have these ready for pick up at the start of the clinic. We have had lots of questions about first aid kits - here is a list of things that we have put together in our fist aid kits; Cost of first aid kit is $25

If you have any other suggestions you think would be a good addition please let us know!! We love to hear what people think would be useful!!
1cc syringes
3cc syringes
10cc syringes
20cc syringes
Cling wrap
Gauze squares
Vet wrap
Telpha Pads
Saline
Iodine
Flamazine cream
Nitrofurazone cream
Electrolytes

We do also carry; Germi- stat wound flush
Prvail Disinfectant
Stop pick spray
Panacur Aquasol Dewormer - no egg withdrawal time
Electrolyte packages
Ectiban for mite treatment. - no egg withdrawal time

27/02/2021

Chicken season is upon us. As we get ready to add to our flocks, get our birds ready to go outside there are few things that we need to remember. Birds can carry contagious diseases that can spread from bird to bird, but also from bird to people. Here is great article on Avian Influenza. Things to keep in mind when you are setting up biosecurity for your flock.
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/food/inspection/ahw/influenza-H5N2-small-flock.html

OMAFRA Livestock

27/02/2021

We have had lots of questions regarding our next vaccination clinic - sounds like there are going to be lots of little chicks hatching!!
We will be hosting our next vaccination clinic Sunday March 21st at 3pm.
You will need to message us and we will book you a time between 3-5pm.
If you are interested in picking up vaccines for your flock, let us know and we can arrange a pick up time.
If you are looking for boosters to take home for your flock we can also arrange that.
For a list of our vaccines, see the previous post.
Location of the vaccination clinic is 1460 Gordon St beside Campus Estates Animal Hospital.
We are working with a closed door policy still - what does that mean? You will pass us your chicks/hens to be vaccinated and we will bring them inside and vaccinate for you. Since people are coming from all over, we can not have people in the front reception area with us.
Please wear a mask and ensure that you are symptom free, and not been exposed to anyone who has symptoms or been diagnosed with COVID. Please do not book with us if you have been traveling within 2 weeks of the clinic.
Cost of the clinic; There is a $20 administration fee, and the vaccines are $12/ bird.

We will also have dewormer for sale, ectiban for parasite control, prevail cleaner and fist aid kits for you flock.

Please message us if you are interested in attending, or if you have any questions. Looking forward to seeing you and your chicks, hens and roosters in March!

19/02/2021

Poultry Vaccine Information!

Hello,

Here is a document that lists and explains all of the vaccines that we offer as well as what ages birds should be to receive each vaccine. Many people are unfamiliar with poultry vaccines so hopefully this helps to answer some of the most common questions backyard owners have. If you do have any questions that this does not answer for you then please reach out to us and we will gladly help you find what you are looking for.

Please take a look at the photos below for all of the information that has been provided by Dr. Nickey Brown and Dr. Mike Petrik

Thank you!