BACKYARD CHICKEN CLINIC

Join Dr. Ondieki Gekara, animal scientist and professor at Cal Poly Pomona, who will be offering Fowl Pox vaccines for your backyard flock. This virus is often spread by mosquitos and other birds.

Fowl pox, also known as avian pox, is a viral disease that affects many species of wild and pet birds. Fowl pox is most commonly found in chickens and turkeys and can infect most bird species around the world.

Fowl pox is primarily transmitted by a vector, which can be mechanical (contaminated material) or biological (spread by bugs). Fowl pox is not contagious to humans or other pets, but other animals or humans can be vectors of poxvirus between birds.

Fowl pox has the best chance of transmission through a lesion or wound on a bird. Birds can pass the virus to other birds via a bug bite or other skin lesion/wound.

All chickens must be in a cage. Vaccines will take place in the front yard. The Farm will be closed to entrants at this time

You MUST RSVP – Limited vaccines’ available.