What a load of chicken shit. We have over a 100 chickens on my farm and I have never spent 1 dime on veterinary care on any of them. This is shameless appeal for people to donate to these “sanctuaries or rescues” places.
My horses and dog are a different matter
Glad to hear someone else thought Vet bills for chickens was kind a odd!
“My horses and dog are a different matter...”
We buy dog kibble by the PALLET, and our last two vet bills were $2,000 and $500. The mule and steer are on pasture right now, but they both get ‘treats’ which has trained both to, ‘come to the bucket.’ The steer gets sweet oats, and the mule likes a scoop of dog kibble, apples or carrots.
Well, aren’t we all ‘trained to the bucket?’ I’ll follow you anywhere if you have the makings for a Dirty Martini, LOL!
Mother kept 200-300 layers on the farm for extra income. Every once in a while we would have an old & retired one for chicken soup. About once a year about the time the pullets started to lay we would cull the flock & those no longer producing eggs were sold to someone in town. Never saw a veterinary for the birds, but we did vaccinate for something, I think it was cholera.