2015 Peafowl Hatching Support Group - Eggs and Chicks!

[fredalyn]

Does anyone have any suggestions what todo with one that flops like a fish out of water. I have a peachick that hatched yesterday and it can't sit up. It first flopped right onto its back and thats how it moved around just jerking and flopping. I taped its legs together last night and it now flops from side to side. I just put it in to the tube sock to try this. I will try and post a picture of what it looked like before I put it into the sock.
The feet are all squashed together also. Looks like I may have to try the shoes taped to its feet.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Although I'm sure you'll get some excellent advice about your peababy, here are some older posts/threads that address this type of issue:

@frenchblackcopper 's "burrito" - basically holds the legs in the position that they should properly be in: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/896809/fixing-splayed-legs
@KsKingBee developed an alternate "sock burrito," see his posts on this page: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/971214/2015-peafowl-hatching-support-group-eggs-and-chicks/80

It's likely that if you go through both of these threads you'll find a lot of helpful information.

 

[RubyNala97]

You can use Valbazen on chickens, turkeys, ducks, guineas, geese, peas, etc., but you cannot on pigeons or doves. A small one day oral dose will treat all but gapeworms, for gapes you would have to give 3 days, I think. Bang for the buck, Valbazen is a very good wormer. -Kathy

Thank you. I am buying it online this weekend. I like that it's a one day dose.

Those bandages are what @KsKingBee was using to straighten his chick's toes! I think that if you do a search, you'll find plenty of info about the type of syringe/tubing these guys recommend for oral medication dosing. Also, have you looked at this thread? https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/818879/updated-corid-and-amprol-amprolium-dosing

and thank you!

Quote:
LOL, my bad. Yes, ignore the bandages, it is the syringe and the catheter I was referring to. As in @Casportpony avitar it is used to give medications and emergency feeding. The size of the catheter will depend on the age of the bird. Tiny chicks will need about a size 8 Fr. (French), a full size bird may need up to a 30Fr. The amount of feed in the formulae will also dictate a larger size to be used.

Thank you! I was trying to picture where you would bandage that thing onto a bird and it was craziness in my head trying to figure it out! Thank you for the info! Can you worm before peas hit dirt as preventative or should you wait until after they have been outside?

George, I do not advocate putting medications in water unless it is totally used in the amount of time prescribed. All medications whether it is for humans or animals are prescribed by the weight of the person or animal per day. Diluting medications by putting it in water dilutes it to the point of being ineffective. An average sized peacock should get three cc/ml per day for five days, repeat in ten. A peahen two cc/ml, I would have to calculate smaller birds, but I think it is 0.50 mg per 1000 grams of body weight, and Valbazen is 0.20mg per kg. The easiest way I have found to treat a pen of birds is to put it in their food, but first you must know how much they are going to eat in a days time. Wet mash is the easiest for me, but I have also heard of a powdered Safeguard @Frenchblackcopper mention once that can be added to crumbles.

What do you think about putting it on a piece of bread, if they eat bread? I read somewhere that, that works good for some folks..?

 

[connerhills]

Thank you ... George

 

[new 2 pfowl]

@RubyNala97 - I've given Peggy safeguard on bread, and it seemed to work (I hope so!). It's just a bit tricky because you have to make sure they eat all of the bread, and actually it takes a lot of bread to soak up 3ml of liquid safeguard. I'm not sure if it would be even trickier if you were dosing several chicks, to be sure each one gets the right amount? Maybe someone else has experience with this scenario...
In fact I'm just about to give Peggy his latest round of safeguard and corid on bread, hope he eats it all...

 

[casportpony]

Thank you! I was trying to picture where you would bandage that thing onto a bird and it was craziness in my head trying to figure it out! Thank you for the info! Can you worm before peas hit dirt as preventative or should you wait until after they have been outside?

No need to worm them until they've been on the ground for several weeks.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

I was planning on putting it in a small cc medicine syringe and just squirting it down throat. Will that work? Also, how/where do I find directions for how to administer it?

Valbazen dose is 0.0176ml per 100 grams, which works out to about 0.08ml per pound. Let me know
if you need help calculating doses.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Quote: That is how I do mine.

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

Valbazen dose is 0.0176ml per 100 grams, which works out to about 0.08ml per pound. Let me know
if you need help calculating doses.

-Kathy

100 or 1000 ???

@casportpony , do I need to edit my post?

 

[Pyxis]

So since we've determined my peachicks are opal and they're growing like weeds, I was wondering how early I can expect to be able to sex them. Is it the same as IB or are opals harder to sex? Just wondering if I should go ahead and get them DNA feather sexed or not.