Welcome to Surrey Poultry Vet
Experienced vet for chickens, turkeys, ducks and other poultry
Consultations
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General poultry advice e.g. coop setup and design
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Consultations - In-person, via video or telephone
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Home-visits - health checks, parasite management and to assess poorly birds
I offer face-face, interactive online courses in small groups. For some courses, your favourite, healthy hen will be invited to join us so you can practice some hen-skills.
Referrals & case collaboration
If you would like to refer a client to me, please email me and ask them to submit a consult request form. I will sent you and your client a report via email after the event, including medical or surgical directions if required.
CPD
If you would like me to arrange a CPD session with you or your practice either via video or in-person please contact me via email. I provide both classroom-based or practical sessions for the whole team, vets and/or nursing and support staff. I designed and delivered the poultry course at the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine and have a PgCert Learning and Teaching for higher education level. Prices from £170.91 per team session.
About me
My parents must have foreseen my career would be with hens when they named me Henrietta. I've wanted to work with chickens since I bought my first Belgium Bantam trio at an agricultural show with my dad on holiday. These astounded hens spent the next few days living in a tent in Wales, sheltering from heavy rain, before moving to London.
I qualified as a veterinary surgeon from The Royal Veterinary College and went straight into mixed practice in Surrey where I saw lots of pet chickens. Wanting to spend more time with these unique feathery creatures, I was lucky enough to join one of the leading poultry veterinary practices in the UK. After frequent desperate phone calls from vet-friends who wanted chicken advice, I realised there was a great need for today's vets to understand and treat chickens. So, I moved back to Surrey to design and teach the poultry course (medicine, surgery and husbandry) at the University of Surrey, School of Veterinary Medicine.
In addition to my MRCVS registration I also have a postgraduate diploma in veterinary public health and epidemiology and a postgraduate certificate in learning and teaching.
My opening hours account for my other roles which include: Associate poultry editor of the UK's peer-reviewed veterinary journal - Vet Record, visiting lecturer at University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine and committee member of the British Veterinary Poultry Association (BVPA). I also collaborate in various poultry-related research projects, provide poultry consultant services, am a director of Happy Healthy Hens Ltd. and educate veterinary surgeons in practice through CPD provision and published articles.
In summary, I live and breathe chickens!
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