Search results for query: *

  • Users: ivan3
  • Order by date
  1. ivan3

    Sick Turkey. Please help!

    Think the advice you got on the Emergencies sub was good for a start. ~Two weeks of "puny" behavior followed by inability to stand/no appetite/empty crop but large quantity of drainage (crop/proventriculus anything from low grade exposure to mycotoxins to Wet Pox - simply not enough info)...
  2. ivan3

    What I have learned about my Turkeys

    Our hens will not suffer a snake to live. Our hens are the BEST for being first to spot and alert the toms/chooks to aerial preds and, if the hawk is roosting too low, nearby? The girls will stalk and harass until the raptor gives up in disgust. Our turkeys have good memories (will always...
  3. ivan3

    Keeping a broad-breasted bronze turkey as a pet

    So long as turks are protected from the wind, they'll usually do just fine. With the BB's it's more important to keep them off of roosts. If your pair is being kept in an unheated barn/shed then put them away whenever convenient in the evening - so long as they have access to water/feed/soft...
  4. ivan3

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    Thankful that there remains enough strut to go around `mongst all domesticated species at this location. Happy T-Day, yourself - and to all the fine BYC flock!
  5. ivan3

    What is wrong with my turkey?

    IF those were crumbles in the droppings then try augmenting feed with crushed hard boiled eggs, for instance, mixed with small quantities of 30% starter (if he'll eat it). Something that requires less crushing and grinding on the way through to extract nutrients. One bubbly eye with NO other...
  6. ivan3

    Use of Desiccant in Chicken Coops - Is it safe?

    Thompson's has prevented the rotting of the hard board (at ground level) we used to build a movable turkey nesting enclosure, a decade ago.(Thompson's stain). Having no idea just how "ventilated" the member's set-up is, providing information on how to make a determination of utility seemed...
  7. ivan3

    Use of Desiccant in Chicken Coops - Is it safe?

    Wasn't suggesting 50 lb. :) Just cheaper to buy bulk if the stuff does have some utility. Again, without comparing in/out temp./humidity indoor/out, over time - stuff might well be a waste of money. Thanks for the information about where the soaking is taking place. We've had good luck with...
  8. ivan3

    Use of Desiccant in Chicken Coops - Is it safe?

    Is the wood going bad where the aluminum covered insulation is fastened to wood framing at bottom, i.e., moisture condensing on and running down aluminum? I'd suggest determining just what is going on. Cheap, fairly accurate sensors are available (temp/hygrometer combo). One to be placed on...
  9. ivan3

    Topic of the Week - Lice and Mites - Prevention and Treatments

    Well, considering the plumes of dust our turks and chooks kick up in the fire pit out back (nothing but vegetation burnt - so, wood ash and soil) to no observable difference noted other than their being "clean" afterwards? ADE is GRAS (generally regarded as safe) and is sold as an indoor...
  10. ivan3

    Use of Desiccant in Chicken Coops - Is it safe?

    You might knock down slightly, and a for short period of time, a bit of the additional "humidity" created by the chooks' breath but, overall, even if kept up in a corner of the coop where they can't get into it, knock over, it seems an expensive means to produce salt substitute rather than...
  11. ivan3

    Adolescent turkey broken leg!!

    The leg needs to be disinfected, thoroughly. If this is a compound fracture with loss of skin integrity at site of break, then even the most rigorously effected irrigation/debridement/dressing might not be enough to prevent osteomyelitis from taking hold and killing the turk. Drainage? from...
  12. ivan3

    Looking for some advice on a sick Royal Palm Poult.

    Sorry for your loss. Better luck in the Spring. With the exception of the Bourbons, heritage varieties were very limited in number by the `90's and, given the explosion of interest/demand only a few years later it's surprising even more faults didn't appear. Our first couple of Slate males...
  13. ivan3

    Looking for some advice on a sick Royal Palm Poult.

    Unusual stance, poor feed conversion (or just decreased feed intake?), lesions? Photos of stance/lesions would be useful. Any unusual droppings? Most of the breeders of heritage varieties for Cackle, particularly the Royals - shoot for "show bird" Standard Of Perfection lines - this can...
  14. ivan3

    10% Flubendazole water soluble power dosage

    Just a couple of items: Need to consider the water delivery method (troughs/nipples/bowls) and, more importantly, how much water is being consumed, daily, by these 45 hens - put out x amount in AM and - by volume/wt. - how much is missing 4 hrs later (med linked to mentions that med should be...
  15. ivan3

    10% Flubendazole water soluble power dosage

    Apologies for any misunderstanding about the "lurking", the comment was merely a friendly "whistling" you "onboard" as a newly "registered" member. Reason I asked about the info on the powder purchased has to do with unregulated manufacturers, Chinese primarily, and quality control issues...
  16. ivan3

    10% Flubendazole water soluble power dosage

    :welcome , former lurker. If you'd be so kind as to provide manufacturer/product name, it would be helpful.
  17. ivan3

    The ads are driving me crazy!!!

    First option is to go to chrome advanced settings: content: Plugins - set Flash to "click to play", see if video lagging of site disappears. Golden Feather is only $20 a year and ads can be configured out. Responsibilities? Only to make an effort to post that which one considers adequate to...
  18. ivan3

    Bugs by Toms vent.. What are they ??

    The vermin at the vent appears to be some species of mites/lice. Any pyrethrin based pet spray should do, 4% range. If nothing else will provide immediate relief from greatest concentration (don't soak - fine layer) and then examine under wings/oil gland, etc) Need to treat while keeping...
  19. ivan3

    Turkey wound

    Need to get a systemic antibiotic in that turk https://www.backyardchickens.com/newsearch?advanced=1&action=disp&search=%22injectable+penicillin%22&titleonly=0&byuser=&output=all&replycompare=gt&numupdates=&sdate=0&newer=1&sort=relevance&order=descending&Search=SEARCH&Search=SEARCH A...
Back
Top Bottom