I've raised chickens for years, but this is my first attempt at pea fowl. I hatched 4 out of 6 eggs a friend of mine gave me. I raised the 4 peachicks with 3 chicks that I hatched at the same time. They stayed in a brooder for the first 5-6 weeks, then they went into a large coop in the center of my chicken yard. My other chickens can't get into their pen. I put fresh pine shavings in every couple weeks to keep their area clean, and they get plenty of fresh water and mediated chick feed.
My 3 chicken chicks are fine...hale and hearty. But my pea chicks are failing. First they got fowl pox, which hit them pretty hard. I sprayed their little faces with Veterycin and that seemed to help a little. I also put them on some prophylactic antibiotics to try to avoid secondary infections while their immune systems were fighting the fowl pox. I read that fowl pox is often deadly to pea chicks.
Their fowl pox seems to be stabilized (at least not worse), but now they've started to get puffy. One was puffy one day so I added some Corid to their water to supplement the medicated feed. I tried to direct dose some Corid (as I've done with my chicken chicks in the past), but he didn't take it and he died the next day. Now my second pea chick is puffy. I am so bummed! The chicken chicks are running around, healthy as can be. I thought of taking them out and leaving the pea chicks on their own, but the chicken chicks seem to encourage the pea chicks to eat, so I've left them together.
Any suggestions other than trying again to direct dose the Corid?
The last 2 pea chicks seem to be doing okay today, but the chick who is sick today seemed okay yesterday. And I'm afraid he'll be dead tomorrow (like his sibling the day before). Ugh! Any other suggestions other than Corid? Thanks for advice from people with experience raising pea fowl.
My 3 chicken chicks are fine...hale and hearty. But my pea chicks are failing. First they got fowl pox, which hit them pretty hard. I sprayed their little faces with Veterycin and that seemed to help a little. I also put them on some prophylactic antibiotics to try to avoid secondary infections while their immune systems were fighting the fowl pox. I read that fowl pox is often deadly to pea chicks.
Their fowl pox seems to be stabilized (at least not worse), but now they've started to get puffy. One was puffy one day so I added some Corid to their water to supplement the medicated feed. I tried to direct dose some Corid (as I've done with my chicken chicks in the past), but he didn't take it and he died the next day. Now my second pea chick is puffy. I am so bummed! The chicken chicks are running around, healthy as can be. I thought of taking them out and leaving the pea chicks on their own, but the chicken chicks seem to encourage the pea chicks to eat, so I've left them together.
Any suggestions other than trying again to direct dose the Corid?
The last 2 pea chicks seem to be doing okay today, but the chick who is sick today seemed okay yesterday. And I'm afraid he'll be dead tomorrow (like his sibling the day before). Ugh! Any other suggestions other than Corid? Thanks for advice from people with experience raising pea fowl.