Can peafowl run in old chicken run??

[nurseC7]

So I'm thinking about moving bird houses. I'd like to put my peafowl in my much larger chicken run. I have heard of something called blackhead disease and it comes from the dirt where chickens live which is why they aren't supposed to run together. So does anyone know if I can ever run the peafowl in that enclosure or is there a way for me to sanitize it?? Thanks so much in advance!!

 

[littlechickenmama17]

I don't know this answer, as I have no peafowl, but if I were washing my pen for a new flock, I would sanitize the run with bleach or cleaner, scrub it down, and let air dry. My turkeys got this disease on their faces for a while, but it didn't seem to hurt them. So, until more info is shared, I wouldn't worry about it. I may be wrong, but that is what I would do. Good luck!

 

[nurseC7]

I don't know this answer, as I have no peafowl, but if I were washing my pen for a new flock, I would sanitize the run with bleach or cleaner, scrub it down, and let air dry. My turkeys got this disease on their faces for a while, but it didn't seem to hurt them. So, until more info is shared, I wouldn't worry about it. I may be wrong, but that is what I would do. Good luck!

Thank you!

 

[aart]

but if I were washing my pen for a new flock, I would sanitize the run with bleach or cleaner, scrub it down, and let air dry.

You can't sanitize dirt.

My turkeys got this disease on their faces for a while, but it didn't seem to hurt them.

Are you positive it was black head....or was it dry pox?
I thought blackhead was always fatal.

 

[nurseC7]

I heard it was almost always fatal as well. That's what has me worried.

 

[aart]

I heard it was almost always fatal as well. That's what has me worried.

You might want to contact your local university or ag extension to find out f blackhead is prevalent in your area.
@casportpony and/or @Eggcessive might know if peafowl can get black head.

 

[casportpony]

I heard it was almost always fatal as well. That's what has me worried.

Unless you have the drugs to treat it (metronidazole, Baytril), and know how to tube feed, it is usually fatal.

 

[Eggcessive]

I heard it was almost always fatal as well. That's what has me worried.

I would follow the advice of @casportpony here about blackhead and peafowl. It is a very deadly disease, and you wouldn’t want to deal with it. I don’t know that much about it or peafowl, but chickens with cecal worms can spread it.

 

[Eggcessive]

Are you positive it was black head....or was it dry pox?
I thought blackhead was always fatal.
[/QUOTE] from aart.
Good questions. It sounds like pox, black skin from fencing injuries, or something else.