Vaccinations do need to be repeated as a booster to maintain high immunity levels. We will inform you as to when your next vaccines are due, but if in doubt just give us a shout!

Most live vaccines have no withdrawal rates so you can eat the eggs immediately. If in doubt, check with our team.

Most vaccines are safe to dose many more times than prescribed so it should be no problem. It is better to be sure the vaccine has been applied properly than take the risk of it not working.

The vaccines do start to lose efficacy after the prescribed timescale so it is a risk that the vaccine may not work as well as it otherwise would. If in doubt it is worth speaking to our team and possibly getting a new supply of vaccine to try again.

Some of the vaccines we use are live, which means we are giving the bird a version of the virus. By nature, this means your poultry may have some mild signs of the disease that should disappear after a couple of days.

Most of the vaccines we suggest through Thrums Backyard flock vaccine club are for viruses which cannot be effectively controlled with antibiotics, so it is worth ensuring your birds are protected even if they haven’t had health challenges in the past. The key is to provide current protection to prevent signs of disease in the future. We are [...]