2015 breeding season

[KsKingBee]

Great pictures!

-Kathy

I knew you would like them, me, not so much. The fecal exam showed both roundworms and cecal worms, mostly cecal worms. She told me to treat with Safeguard instead of with Valbazen, I can do the follow up with Valbazen, her reason is that if we kill too many worms all at once that the toxic build up of too many dead worms may kill the hens like it did with my peachick last year.

Didn't you say that for the Safeguard to be effective on cecal worms that it had to be used five days in a row? My plan as of now is to give each chicken hen one ml per day for five days and then a follow up in ten days of Valbazen of 0.30 ml one time. Does that sound like the correct amount for a chicken hen?

Another question on roundworms. I saw no movement in the one that was expelled today, are they normally capable of crawling? Or are they dead when they get expelled from the bird?

Oh, if anyone wonders why I am posting this on a peafowl forum, it is because they are setting on pea eggs.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: The cecal worm dose I use is 50mg/kg once, repeat in ten days. That dose will also treat roundworms. Are the broodies peahens or chickens?

-Kathy

 

[MinxFox]

I think they are chickens.

 

[Birdrain92]

I wouldn't be too worried. Since I got worried recently that Snow White was egg bound and I started reading a lot on egg binding, it seems that you should really be concerned if they are lying down a lot or can't stand and they just keep moving their tail up and down. Then that is when you need to help. So far what your hen looks like seems normal but just keep an eye on her behavior and if she is eating like normal.

The other day Ice looked a little egg bound. She was supposed to lay an egg the day before but hadn't. I was watching her then I went off to get their food and feed them and the next time I looked she had an egg under her. I then realized it was an abnormal egg. It had no shell just a thin casing. I need to find and copy that chart that Kathy posted recently showing different egg abnormalities and the causes of them.

I think I have noticed a connection with the grass in the pen dying and the egg production going down. I tried re-seeding with a summer grass but that grass did not take at all, so hopefully soon I will be trying a new kind of summer grass. Sid of Texaspeafowl did tell me that I would see an improvement in breeding results if I got grass in the pen. Now I am going to try planting millet in there I think.

I use the same grass in our lawn. Can't remember what type it is but it works great. It comes back too. I use a hose to flood it though it doesn't really flood; you can't se it where there is grass but in areas there's no grass you can see water built up, not very much though. One summer it got hot and we had our friends watch our place and most of the grass died. I didn't have to reseed it and it came back. My grass has been staying this green for a while now.

 

[Birdrain92]

No egg. Could this hiccup just put her off and then she would want hold it in until the next time she is suppose to lay?

 

[casportpony]

No egg. Could this hiccup just put her off and then she would want hold it in until the next time she is suppose to lay?

Keep a close eye on her.

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

The cecal worm dose I use is 50mg/kg once, repeat in ten days. That dose will also treat roundworms. Are the broodies peahens or chickens?

-Kathy

I knew you would like them, me, not so much. The fecal exam showed both roundworms and cecal worms, mostly cecal worms. She told me to treat with Safeguard instead of with Valbazen, I can do the follow up with Valbazen, her reason is that if we kill too many worms all at once that the toxic build up of too many dead worms may kill the hens like it did with my peachick last year.

Didn't you say that for the Safeguard to be effective on cecal worms that it had to be used five days in a row? My plan as of now is to give each chicken hen one ml per day for five days and then a follow up in ten days of Valbazen of 0.30 ml one time. Does that sound like the correct amount for a chicken hen?

Another question on roundworms. I saw no movement in the one that was expelled today, are they normally capable of crawling? Or are they dead when they get expelled from the bird?

Oh, if anyone wonders why I am posting this on a peafowl forum, it is because they are setting on pea eggs.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: Sorry, I'm tired, lol. If your chickens weigh about 2kg, 1ml of safeguard will work. And the Valbazen dose would be 0.35ml for a 2kg bird. I've seen alive worms right as they come out, but they die pretty quickly.

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

No egg. Could this hiccup just put her off and then she would want hold it in until the next time she is suppose to lay?

As Kathy said, just watch her closely. In the picture she does not look too bad, but if she were to remain like this for an extended period of time with no egg, she may have an issue. My third day layer has not laid yet, she should have laid last night, but she looks fine and comfortable, flapping her wings and honking, not in the stance at all. I will just observe her for now. I have had 5 days go by in between eggs with no problems for the hen.

Bertolli does not look too bad this morning. I took some chick starter with kitten chow dressed with the Omega egg maker down first thing this AM and she ate some, she also pooped a relatively normal looking poo. I will be doing fluids and calcium very shortly.

 

[Birdrain92]

Will she keep laying this season if she finally passes this egg?