Is this blackhead?

[casportpony]

Are these pets or meat birds? Both of the drugs I use are banned for use in poultry. I use metronidazole to treat histomoniasis, and I use enrofloxacin to treat the secondary E. coli infections that they often develop.

 

[mmoeck]

Meat birds

 

[mmoeck]

Are these pets or meat birds? Both of the drugs I use are banned for use in poultry. I use metronidazole to treat histomoniasis, and I use enrofloxacin to treat the secondary E. coli infections that they often develop.

Do you eat birds treated with that. We don’t plan to process the birds for a couple of months however. So if I treated them now, would it be out of their system enough in a couple of months to eat them?

 

[R2elk]

Blackhead (histomoniasis) references

 

[mmoeck]

Well, I treated all my birds and everybody seems fine. The last treatment was two weeks ago my the mama of all turkeys I have however, got attacked by something about four days ago. She seemed to be OK but today she wasn’t hanging out with the other turkeys. She drank a little water, but I didn’t see her eat anything this morning when I put them all back in their pen. she has pretty loose watery diarrhea. It looks like. Any ideas what that might mean?

 

[R2elk]

she has pretty loose watery diarrhea. It looks like. Any ideas what that might mean?

This happens when they have high water intake and low food intake.

 

[mmoeck]

This happens when they have high water intake and low food intake.

She’s eating but not much. Is there something I could entice her with that Turkeys love? I separated her from the others in case she’s sick and she paces continuously back and forth to get out to be with the other turkeys.

 

[R2elk]

She’s eating but not much. Is there something I could entice her with that Turkeys love? I separated her from the others in case she’s sick and she paces continuously back and forth to get out to be with the other turkeys.

Mine love BOSS but since it is low protein and high in fat, it is best to not give a lot of it. Right now my native plums are ripe and my poultry love them too, minus the seed of course.

I am sure the stress of being separated isn't helping her.

 

[mmoeck]

Mine love BOSS but since it is low protein and high in fat, it is best to not give a lot of it. Right now my native plums are right and my poultry love them too, minus the seed of course.

I am sure the stress of being separated isn't helping her.

I guess I’ll let her be with her buddies. I don’t want to add stress.