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[maggiemo]

Dr. Benscheidt in Longmont treats all birds too, farm and exotics. So does Dr. Hays in Boulder.
What symptoms does your peahen have Uzi?

 

[Latestarter]

To each their own of course and you gotta do what you gotta do, but I have to agree w/Ash... I will never take a chicken to a vet. Of course my chickens are not "pets". They are livestock, purchased for eggs and meat. That doesn't mean I don't care for them or like them, but I can't afford and won't pay the $$ wanted by a vet, for a bird I paid <$2 for... Especially since their life span is normally less than 5 years anyways.

 

[uzisuzuki]

Dr. Benscheidt in Longmont treats all birds too, farm and exotics. So does Dr. Hays in Boulder.
What symptoms does your peahen have Uzi?

She's started making a gurgling/hacking sound about 6 days ago. I just finished 5 days of Corid for everyone and it hasn't improved her. She's still very active and inquisitive, running around and eating fine. I just know that that noise isn't normal since she hadn't made it before and no one else is making it. It's about time for the second round of deworming this weekend, but I'm going to wait until this vet sees her to start that.

Yeah, my flock aren't for eggs or meat or anything other than just hanging around like the horses, dogs, and rabbits, so if I can't treat them on my own I'll sacrifice the money to have someone qualified treat them. Hell, since my accident, I don't ever feel hungry so it's not like I'm making major changes not eating or eating Ramen. Also, a $200+ investment is worth having a professional check up to me, but, again, I'm apparently looney toons according to these boards.

 

[Percheron chick]

Not on a pea. Once they mature they should make you money. I saw pea eggs locally for $10 each. You've got to spend money to make money.

 

[Double Kindness]

My broiler chicks are in!! Yay!! At first I thought a flock of crying birds was flying to my house, but it was my bf bringing in2 boxes of chirping baby chickens.

1 looks like it might not make it, but that's what happens with shipped chicks sometimes

 

[Latestarter]

If you only lose 1 out of 2 boxes, I'd say you should play the lottery! That's excellent! Look at all them little peepers there!

 

[suncatcher]

Yep, no vet here either, if I can't treat them myself, they get the ax...... literally! Might consider more if it was a more valuable bird like a pea hen.

Hmmm, gurgling might mean resp problems, you might look into something for that. There are antibiotics I have used with success for resp type infections. Duramycin comes to mind.......

 

[21hens-incharge]

Uzi,
You are not the only one that would take them to a vet if they are sick. There are a lot of people in the emergencies thread always looking to treat a sick chicken. I am certain more would take them in if they could find a vet.

I would take a peahen to a vet for sure.
I took a 3 dollar goose once. He worked on her for hours and only charged me 50 bucks. She had eaten a long nylon twine off of someones hay bale that had blown into the pen. There was about 8 inches sticking out her mouth when I found her. He worked the other 5 feet out of her crop.That was many years ago and it was the animal emergency vet in Longmont.

She lived and hatched many goslings out that more than made up for the cost of her treatment.

So if you are loony so am I.

Part of me wonders if the zoo has a list of bird vets since they have peacocks running around.

 

[maggiemo]

Did you guys see this? https://boulder.craigslist.org/grd/5248015002.html
Over 100 capons!

wow!

 

[Mtn Margie]

Uzi, Corid treats a cocci infection, It is not an antibiotic for respiratory issues. Duramycin , like what Suncatcher said.