help they are dying

[the Old Rebel]

clhbubba,

Could they be getting chilled?? Are they in with chickens?? As I said earlier, I've read that they can just drop dead anytime up until they are about 3 years old.

I'm soooooo sorry for your losses. It is so hard to lose one like that, especially when you can't tell what's causing it. I hope all goes well with your last one.

Hope you all have a GOOD DAY!!

 

[clhbubba]

My peachicks are roughly 10 weeks old now(the one that is left is), the other two were maybe a week younger. I don't believe they are getting chilled. There are chickens out there but they are in a pen separating them. There is a turkey in with them but they have been together since hatching.

 

[chickenzoo]

It is best to keep baby peas off the ground, on wire until at lest 3 months old. This helps prevent lots of stuff they can get from the ground. Keep them away from older birds, and in a warm dry place. Wazine wormer is only for a few worm types. If you have chickens and other fowl near them, it will be best to worm with Safe guard. Safe guard is also Panacure. I buy the liquid form for goats and give 1 cc to adult Peafowl. You can check the UPA for doses on little peachicks, as I have never had to dose them. Best Wishes

 

[clhbubba]

Thank you so much, I will dose them in the a.m. with Panacur liquid.

 

[PARKBOY]

What color is the pea chicks poop? Is it yellow?

 

[clhbubba]

Their poo is normal blackish/green with white and formed nicely. What does it mean if it's yellow? Coccidia

animalloverabh, how are you little ones doing?

 

[PARKBOY]

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No its not coccidia when there poop is yellow but I dont know the name of the diseae either, but I had a bunch die from it and after trying 10 different things that people suggested i finally took a dead one to the university out here and had them run test on it. They gave me the results with a bunch up words that i have never heard of or could even pronounce, I then called my vet and told him what the paper said he told me what to get and i havent lost one since. The main sympton I seen in all that got sick was yellow poop even before they got really droopy and stopped eating. In some cases they didnt stop eating they just died in 24 hrs. But if your not seeing yellow poop i dought its what mines had.

 

[chickenzoo]

Black head diesel is one of the main problems with peafowl ranging with chickens etc, which Panacure or Safeguard helps treat/prevent. Go to the UPA and they have a lot of info.

 

[animalloverabh]

all of them are fine and now live outdoors all helthy and soon probaly going to new homes

 

[NateinFL]

Make sure they are given a varied diet, preferrably one with insects if it all possible, and greens. Mine hated just the scratch and after giving them variety they sure did perk up. I think the different micronuturients in a varied diet are crucial to good health and immune system. I dont believe they've been domesticated as long as chickens and since they are gamebirds, they are picky in their requirements.