This policy covers animal health, which people take seriously and worry about, so the rules our writers and reviewers work under are visible to anyone who wants to check them. If a page on this site doesn’t meet what’s written below, tell us — the corrections process is real. For the story of who runs the site and why, read About.

We publish three things: cited avian health content, care and husbandry guides for backyard poultry and pet birds, and honest reviews of televet services and avian products.

We don’t publish:

• Medical or dosing content without vet review. Any article that recommends, describes, or calculates a medication dose is gated on a credentialed avian veterinarian reading the draft and approving it in writing. No exceptions.
• Anonymous authorship. Every article carries a named author. The site is currently retiring a legacy “birdvet” byline from its 2021–2024 archive; each legacy page is scheduled for a rebuild that assigns it to the real author and, where the content is medical, gates publication on medical review.
• Content outside our subject area. We cover bird health, bird care, and getting veterinary help for birds. We don’t publish generic pet content, wild-bird identification, birding, feeder plans, or unrelated animal topics.

Legacy pages that still show the old byline or older sourcing are being rewritten under this policy. On a rewritten page, the byline and citations match what’s described above. Nothing published under the current policy carries the old byline.

A note on the byline. The site is written and edited by Robin Hale, a pen name for the site’s owner. The keeper, the chickens, the Virginia location, and the story on the about page are real; the name is a privacy choice. Medical authority on this site is never claimed by Robin Hale. It is anchored on the credentialed avian veterinarian named in the Reviewers section, and the site publishes no medical content without them.

Every medical article on this site opens with the same safety note: read the full medical disclaimer for what it says and why.

Every factual claim in a medical article traces to a primary source. We list the ones we consider primary, and the ones we don’t, so a reader — or a reviewing vet — can check our work.

Citation format is numbered references at the end of the article, with inline superscripts through the body wherever a specific claim is made. Every reference includes the publisher, year, and access date. Links to sources open in a new tab.

Sources we treat as authoritative

Unapproved sources:

• Reddit, forums, and other bird blogs may be referenced for context (what owners are actually seeing, what community consensus looks like) but are never cited as medical authority.
• Wikipedia is used for orientation only. A Wikipedia entry does not stand as a citation; the underlying primary sources do.

Legacy pages are being brought under this process on a rolling basis. Any medical page carrying the “medically reviewed by” badge has passed Step 2 under the current policy. A legacy page without the badge is not yet through the process and should be read as background rather than clinical guidance.

The reviewer’s credentials, license, and clinical background live on this page.

Medical pages published in the interim are marked as “review pending,” and the reviewer’s first pass will re-date and badge them.

If you’re an avian veterinarian who’s interested in the reviewer role, the contact address below is the right way to reach us.

Every page shows an “Updated” date. Non-medical corrections (typos, broken links, outdated pricing, updated product availability) are addressed as we see them.

To flag an error, email the address in the contact section or use the form on our contact page. Include the URL, the passage you’re flagging, and the source that supports the correction if you have one. Reports from named avian veterinarians, extension specialists, and owners with direct hands-on experience are read first.

When we make a substantive change, the page’s “Updated” date moves and a short changelog note is added at the bottom of the article. Reader-flagged corrections are credited by name at the bottom of the changelog with the reader’s permission.

Right now, it doesn’t.

AvianVets.org has no affiliate relationships, no referral commissions, no sponsored placements, and no paid links. Nothing on the site earns money when you click it. The televet services recommended in editorial — TelaVets for backyard poultry, Vetster for pet birds — are named because they fit those readers best, not because we’re paid to name them.

If that changes, the change lands here first, and again on every page that carries a paid link. If you find a mention of commissions or affiliate links elsewhere on the site, it’s a leftover from an earlier state and we’d like to hear about it — corrections go to the address at the bottom of this page.

Editorial questions, corrections, source suggestions, and reviewer inquiries go to editor@avianvets.org, or through our contact page. Editorial questions get answered by the editor, not by a form auto-reply.