Gasping peachick (2 weeks old)

[KsKingBee]

KsKing, I'm sorry to be a drain on you, but I gotta seek your thoughts on a topic. This whole antibiotic thing has got be in a tizzy. Yep, I understand Corid = Amprolium, which is also in the medicated feed I'm giving to my peachicks now. Flash back a year ago, you were so kind to me when my peachicks were dying from cocci. You (I think it was you) told me then that medicated feed is the way to go, but my plight was likely too late, as the babies (8 weeks at the time) were too far gone, listless, lethargic etc. That memory burns hot still in my head and it was an emotional pain I don't want to repeat with these birds this year.

That said, I would ideally like to have some Albon--yeah I know that's for cocci, but am I sufficiently protecting/posturing for cocci? It's available by prescription and like a dummy, I forgot to ask my vet for it. You mentioned the Tylan 200 as it best targets respiratory ailments. In this case with this chick, there is no bodily fluid discharge from eyes or beak or nostrils--so I'm second guessing again. It's as if something is in its trachea. Is this worms wiggingly around? Dunno. Is it something it ate and it went down the wrong way? Again, dunno. The vet found roundworms in the stool yesterday, and fortuitously (??) or not the chick stopped gasping in front of the doc and pooped the healthiest firmest poop you ever did see!

So, sorry for the novel, I guess it boils down to your thoughts on a couple things swirling in my head:
1. Is Amprol fortified feed adequate to fight cocci, while I use another antibiotic (Tylan 200) to fight this gasping/gaping symptom?
2. If amprol in the feed isn't enough, should I use corid or another sulfamethoxidine based med like Albon in the drinking water?
3. If using a dewormer dosage direct down the gullet of the bird, how many days should this be repeated? 1 day? 5 days? 10 days?

Sorry to be a basket case on you. I just really seek the knowledge of somebody who might've walked this path. You and Kathy seem to be the ones who know my plight better. Thanks again.

The amprolium in chick starter is not enough to keep a chick from getting cocci. It is only there to help build a resistance in the growing chick. That said my vet sent me a study that shows that Corid is not as effective in game birds and peafowl as it is in chickens. However, the use of medicated chick starter and regular sulfadimethoxine in the water every two weeks will be very effective in keeping cocci at bay.

If you are deworming it will depend on the type of worm you are treating for. A one-day treatment of SG will kill roundworms and cecal worms but if you are trying to kill cap worms and tapeworms then a five-day treatment is necessary (with Valbazen as SG will not kill tapes). In both cases, a second round of deworming will need to be done ten days later to kill the hatching worms. Worm eggs are not killed by treatments so they will have to hatch and treated afterwards.

 

[Chicken Keith]

...my vet sent me a study that shows that Corid is not as effective in game birds and peafowl as it is in chickens. However, the use of medicated chick starter and regular sulfadimethoxine in the water every two weeks will be very effective in keeping cocci at bay.

Ahh, good background, thanks. And you source your sulfadimethoxine from where? Everywhere I saw online I believe it requires a prescription, unless you buy like a gallon of the stuff. That confused me.

 

[KsKingBee]

Ahh, good background, thanks. And you source your sulfadimethoxine from where? Everywhere I saw online I believe it requires a prescription, unless you buy like a gallon of the stuff. That confused me.

I am not certain about that, I get mine from the local vet. She keeps it on the shelf and we can just go in and buy it when we need it.

 

[casportpony]

You can get injectable Sulfamethoxine which I think can be given orally or by injection. It's 400 mg/ml, so the dose will be different than Albon and Dimethox because Albon is only 50 mg/ml and Dimethox is 125 mg/ml.

 

[casportpony]

If you live in any state but California no RX required:
https://www.animalhealthexpress.com/product/sulfadimethoxine-40-injectable/

 

[Sarah1982]

Hi I am new here and am after some help on a baby peacock it was not ready when mum left nest so I am now hand rearing it it's 4 days old and still not on its feet yet it just wobbles around but is trying and getting better is there any think I can do to help it up as others are running and flying around with mum and dad

 

[Chicken Keith]

Kathy and KSKingbee--I bought some injectable Tylan 200. It's all they had at TSC. I can use this orally, right? Dumb question, sorry. I just really don't want to give a baby peacock an injection---not a lot of muscle tissue on a 2 week old chick.

 

[Chicken Keith]

...is there any think I can do to help it up as others are running and flying around with mum and dad

I don't feel qualified to offer much help but perhaps you could consider some electrolyte in the water for some pep. Like you, one of mine hatched late, didn't get the mommy bond warmth attention time like the others in the nest because the others were rarin to go while it was hatching so mom made a choice in favor of the majority of chicks who were ready. This third chick of mine is weaker clearly, but got reintroduced to his mommy during the night and they're fine now. This weaker chick developed some health problems which is what this thread is addressing now. Good luck with it, hope for your success with it.

You do know about Coccidiosis right? Watch out for that disease with your baby pea.

 

[KsKingBee]

Kathy and KSKingbee--I bought some injectable Tylan 200. It's all they had at TSC. I can use this orally, right? Dumb question, sorry. I just really don't want to give a baby peacock an injection---not a lot of muscle tissue on a 2 week old chick.

When giving an injection of Tylan do not put it in the muscle, always between the muscle and skin.

 

[casportpony]

Kathy and KSKingbee--I bought some injectable Tylan 200. It's all they had at TSC. I can use this orally, right? Dumb question, sorry. I just really don't want to give a baby peacock an injection---not a lot of muscle tissue on a 2 week old chick.

You can give it orally and the dose is ~0.016 ml per 100 grams three times a day.