Caring for Pet Chickens – Melbourne Chicken Vet
Dr Phil doing a voluntary Chicken vet -House call at Edgars Mission
Pet Chickens are often considered part of the family. For many of our clients egg laying is optional. In may cases the Poultry vets keep the family pet chicken on contraceptives to stop the need to continually produce eggs.
Pet chickens seen at the chicken vet , add an ambience of older Bygone times and getting back to our roots, Nature and quieter country lives.
Our chicken pets are usually carefully genetically selected for egg laying ability. Especially the chicken rescue, and chicken save birds we often see from factory farms .Australian Heritage chicken breeds are better suited to Melbourne and are healthier and live longer .
The chicken vets recommend a Chook health check with an avian vet, or at least one of the backyard hens .The Chicken vet exam includes:
• A physical exam with a chicken vet
• Chicken veterinarian performing a faecal flotation and wet preparation or a droppings test
• and review of the Laying chicken diet and ideal chicken-vet focused husbandry.
Treating red-mites in chickens use Red Mites Be-gone - Exzolt purchase from https://pet-shop.au
To treat worms in egg-laying birds, usethe chicken-wormer Flubenol containing (Flubendazole 50mg/g)
For chicken gape worm
Treat with Chicken wormer Flubendazole or Chicken Moxidectin from pet-shop.au
For chicken tape worm
Treat with Chicken wormer Flubendazole or Chicken Moxidectin-plus from pet-shop.au
Chicken Vet - chicken training and fun activity - at the Melbourne Chicken vet.
At Melbourne Chicken vet common problems are:
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Fox or dog attack injuries
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Chronic Respiratory disease
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Chicken Female reproductive tract disease - egg peritonitis. Egg peritonitis happens when fluids build up occurs in the abdomen.
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Egg binding or yolk build up in the uterus
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Bumble foot – pododermatis in pet chickens
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Heavy metal toxicity see at the vet for chickens is very common.
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Marek’s Disease
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Scaly leg mite
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Coccidia and worm parasites
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At Melbourne Chicken vet - treating a broken leg with a chicken wheel chair for comfort and support
Post Mortum Examinations by a Poultry vet
Arguably the best value, quickest and easiest way for our poultry vets to get a diagnosis, especially if there are other birds involved.
Bird Vet Melbourne has purpose built chicken Vet incubators to house and chicken-vet hospital patients.
Melbourne Chicken vet Clinic has outside chicken runs – to enable a less stressful hospital stay.
To treat chicken scaly leg mites, use moxidectin. Chicken moxidectin or chicken Ivermectin are effective in eliminating scaly leg mites in chickens in 1 treatment.
or to treat chicken scaly leg mites use exzolt - registered for egg laying birds - both can be purchased online at : click on