Backyard poultry

[PortugalBreeder]

As many people in here I have my own "pet" flock, they go in the run (which is my garden covered with bird netting) eat bugs, etc., and the flock is very diverse, I have several species, chickens, pheasants and quails, but lately I have been reading about contamination and diseases that infect your birds if you mix different species, anyone have been having that problem?

 

[dawg53]

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I dont know about pheasants or quails, but I know that turkey's can pass blackhead to chickens. But's it's normally the chicken that carries the worm that is excreted onto the ground that the turkey picks up. The worm itself contains the protazoa that infects the turkey. That's why it's recommended that chickens and turkey's should be seperated. However there's many BYC'ers that have intermixed flocks and havnt had any issues with blackhead. I think the key to that is using the correct wormer to kill the particular worm that the chicken carries, that carries the protazoa. In chickens, (Safeguard) fenbendazole kills the cecal worm that carries the protazoa. I would be more concerned with introducing new birds to an existing flock...no matter what kind of birds they are, I'd quarantine the newbies away from an existing flock for at least 30 days to inspect them and treat accordingly if they have any problems. There might be instances that you'd have to quarantine longer than 30 days at your discretion.

 

[PortugalBreeder]

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I dont know about pheasants or quails, but I know that turkey's can pass blackhead to chickens. But's it's normally the chicken that carries the worm that is excreted onto the ground that the turkey picks up. The worm itself contains the protazoa that infects the turkey. That's why it's recommended that chickens and turkey's should be seperated. However there's many BYC'ers that have intermixed flocks and havnt had any issues with blackhead. I think the key to that is using the correct wormer to kill the particular worm that the chicken carries, that carries the protazoa. In chickens, (Safeguard) fenbendazole kills the capillary worm that carries the protazoa. I would be more concerned with introducing new birds to an existing flock...no matter what kind of birds they are, I'd quarantine the newbies away from an existing flock for at least 30 days to inspect them and treat accordingly if they have any problems. There might be instances that you'd have to quarantine longer than 30 days at your discretion.

Man thanks a lot!