Please give me the final word on blackhead prevention

[turkeymom]

I'm new to turkeys, but I've got a month-old poult in the brooder with some chicks and I want to know how to prevent blackhead before I move them outside with the rest of the chickens.
To prevent blackhead, should I worm just the turkeys or just the adult chickens or everybody? What wormer should I use?
Thanks!

 

[OmaBird]

I wish I could help. I have turkeys and chickens together for 10 years and I have never seen blackhead. I also have never dewormed anyone. They seem healthy to me.

 

[call ducks]

there is a pill you give each turkey once a week to prevent black head , i belive from 4 weeks - 10 days before market. i do not know the name.

 

[squeakyballs]

 

[AVizcaya]

That is TOO funny!!!!!

 

[arabianequine]

What is black head? I have not heard of it but I keep my chickens and turkeys separate.

I use wazine 17 for worming like once a month or every couple months.....I have heard of people putting apple cider vinegar in the water too.

 

[chicklunatic]

What is the apple cider vinegar supposed to do? Does it help with parasites or what?

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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Here is a link about blackhead.

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/203000.htm

There is no "cure" only a treatment. For the birds to get it, it has to be present in the soil to begin with.

Steve

 

[Randy]

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[Randy]

I usually keep mine seperated from the chickens and actually keep them in above ground pens until they start getting to big for them. Then I move them to portable pens out in the field on grass that we have never kept chickens on and they do great. Also I do worm when they go to the ground pens. Maybe it's because I haven't raised chickens on the ground that I put them on or maybe it's the worming but we seem to have real good luck with this system. Raised up about 150 of them last year.