How To Stop My Chicken Laying Eggs
Hormone Implants In Chickens?!?
At Melbourne chicken vet we recommend contraception in chickens, to stop chickens from ovulating and laying eggs for a number of conditions including:
- Chicken vet reproductive tract disease
- Oviductal prolapse in chickens
- Cloacal prolapse in laying hens
- Uterine infections
- Soft shelled eggs
- Birds that need a reproductive break
- Egg yolk related peritonitis
- To give rescue chickens a break from laying
- After surgery
At the poultry vet we find that a contraceptive injection is the most reliable way of stopping egg laying. The chicken contraceptive injection lasts about three months. A problem with chicken contraception is the high cost of the medication, which is about $150.
Chicken vets are unable to permanently sterilize chickens as the surgery is dangerous ( to remove the ovary) and extremely difficult.
At Melbourne chicken vet we perform hundreds of chicken contraception treatments every year.
Can we get chicken contraception in the US?
You should be able to consult a local avian vet to find out what hormone implants are available in your area. Deslorelin should be available and is what we use here in Australia. As far as we know, it is registered for use in ferrets, but while available and being used may not be officially registered for use in birds there.
I only use Dr Phil he is A MUST GO TO .. hormone implants not only work they prevent all the stress tiny little 90g cockatiel .. these are quick and easy you can have the an avian annual vet check & implant for $420- $450
He uses local anaesthetic and my soon to be 6 year old female .. only let an avian vet treat your beautiful baby.
They last approx 6-8 months