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[Birdrain92]

I was thinking because she got egg bound before it made her weak and then the chickens pecked on her and that didn't help. She was getting better she would walk around and drink but now that I looked at the feed she wouldn't eat. I don't think it was a parasite. Could be since she was lonely she wouldn't eat. Thank you guys for the comfort. I'm going to burry.

 

[zazouse]

I seriously do not understand why you would not think it was a parasite, you stated you have never wormed your birds and that you got a report back from the lab that parasites were the cause of an onset of an infection or two that killed your hen.
After being on this forum for almost 5 years parasites are the number one cause of peafowl deaths , you get a report to prove it but you close your eyes to it? this is very foolish indeed.

 

[casportpony]

I'm gonna be blunt... You need to worm all of your birds, period. Get some Safeguard or Valbazen and give:

Valbazen - .2ml per 2.2 pounds repeat in ten days
Safeguard - .2ml to .5ml per 2.2 pounds for 3-5 days. Some say no need to repeat in ten days, but I would.

FYI, Safeguard must be given several days in a row to be effective against capillary worms.

You also need to get some metronidazole to have just in case.

You have lost two of three in a very short time, that's unacceptable. IMNSHO, you should take the necessary steps to prevent any further losses.

Please don't try to rationalize her death, or make excuses, just cowboy up, get the wormer and metronidazole and de-worm every bird you have! Don't tell me you're gonna worm with ivermectin, just get one of the two mentioned above and get it done.

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

I'm gonna be blunt... You need to worm all of your birds, period. Get some Safeguard or Valbazen and give:

Valbazen - .2ml per 2.2 pounds repeat in ten days
Safeguard - .2ml to .5ml per 2.2 pounds for 3-5 days. Some say no need to repeat in ten days, but I would.

FYI, Safeguard must be given several days in a row to be effective against capillary worms.

You also need to get some metronidazole to have just in case.

You have lost two of three in a very short time, that's unacceptable. IMNSHO, you should take the necessary steps to prevent any further losses.

Please don't try to rationalize her death, or make excuses, just cowboy up, get the wormer and metronidazole and de-worm every bird you have! Don't tell me you're gonna worm with ivermectin, just get one of the two mentioned above and get it done.

-Kathy

X2 - Couldn't agree more on this!

 

[margaret8]

X2 - Couldn't agree more on this!

I worm all of my birds with liquid wormer every 3 months no problem my birds are not what you would call gental! How do you give any thing but liquid wormer to them?

 

[DylansMom]

I worm all of my birds with liquid wormer every 3 months no problem my birds are not what you would call gental! How do you give any thing but liquid wormer to them?

Not sure what your question is. Do you maybe give the liquid wormer in the drinking water, and are not sure how to do it any other way? I have often dosed the liquid medicine straight down the throat, but it does work much better with 2 people. One to hold the bird and one to use the syringe. Once you know what the inside of the mouth and throat look like and where the esophagus is located it is pretty fast and easy. Pills can pretty much be dropped down the throat as well, they don't tend to cough them back out like cats and dogs will. My peacocks are very easy to medicate, my guineas on the other hand are biters, so they are harder to deal with. We recently had a Barred Rock hen adopt us and our barn, she is my neighbors chicken but has decided she likes our place better, she is in my barn 24/7 and she had the nastiest case of diarrhea you'd ever want to see. We dosed her for 5 days with liquid safeguard for worms, general cure(metro) for blackhead, and bird sulfa pills (smz/tmp) for e-coli and any number of other secondary infections just to try and make sure she didn't infect our other birds with anything. The diarrhea is much improved and medicating was not hard at all.

 

[zazouse]

I mix my wormer in scrambled eggs and oatmeal , i know everyone gets some that way and i can do the entire flock with a half a bottle that is 10 dollars

 

[Birdrain92]

I have safeguard and I know how to use it. I gave Jadea safeguard when she got egg bound and it helps if they swallow it and not hold it in their beak and then open the mouth and shake their head shooting it everywhere.

 

[casportpony]

No offense to those that put wormer in the water or food, really, I hope you guys know I'm being sincere, but here is a healthy, young teen boy that's been around livestock, trained horses, shown 4-H and FFA, there is no reason for him not to worm his peacock orally.

Birdrain, how many chickens do you have?

-kathy

 

[casportpony]

I have safeguard and I know how to use it. I gave Jadea safeguard when she got egg bound and it helps if they swallow it and not hold it in their beak and then open the mouth and shake their head shooting it everywhere.  

If she shook any of it out you did not give it properly, lol. How much did you give her and how many days did you do it? Did you give the liquid or the paste?

-Kathy