One little ring neck pheasant

[Tookie]

Hello and welcome to BYC! We're so glad you joined us. Good luck with your pheasant.

 

[007Sean]

Must keep you busy. But I love it. I see some pens on the ground with the birds walking around. I've read that you should treat the ground, grass with like an anti bacterial chemical (probably not using the correct terminology) to kill stuff that's in the ground that can make your birds sick. Also read snails and other pests can make your birds sick. Like gape worms and such. Do you treat the ground? I've also read you can use different ground cover also that help keep away parasites and such. I'm pretty sure Pretty Boy is a fairly healthy bird as he's been inside for the last three months. But I don't know how long he was out in the wild. I believe he was a fairly young bird when I found him lying along the road as he didn't have long tail feathers like he does now and not the vibrant colors he now has. What do you think?

Yes, there's all kinds of bacteria and parasites in the soil but I do not treat the soil. I don't have any diseases and don't because of my biosecurity program. I don't bring 'new' birds onto my property. I only hatch eggs to replace my birds that either I sell or die from old age. Yes, some diseases are transmitted vertically via the egg but those chances are very small. I've only had gape worm once in my birds and only a single bird...it was transmitted from a wild bird, a mocking bird that had built a nest on top of the run....it's feces contained the gape worm eggs.

Eventhough, your bird is in the house, he should be wormed. I worm my birds twice a year!

 

[Katie Grace 399]

Didn't think about that. Right now I have shavings in his pen and he does scratch around at times, but probably not the best for building up resistances. He's loose all day and really only goes in his crate at night to sleep. The door is always open, so he comes and goes as he pleases. Sometimes during the day to sleep or eat and drink. Do you get your birds looked at by a vet? I live outside of Hershey, PA. And bird flue is running rampant in many of the chicken ranges, though I'm not surprised at the way they're all stuffed in those large chicken barns. They're killing thousands of birds a day. Don't know what kind of cleaning up they do afterwards. Maybe I'll give my friend the vet a call and see what he thinks. I thank you for your words of advice.

Good morning, Yes I did read about "poop" tests that can be done. That's probably what I'll do.

 

[Katie Grace 399]

OH, you're talking about sterilizing an area from bird flu. That's different. I know Odoban is one product that kills it, and it's used in hatcheries, but not sure if they eat the grass after it's sprayed if that might harm them or not. Most things are safe once they dry though, like lawn fertilizers are. It's more used for spraying down coops. I use it to soak hatching eggs I buy from breeders, just to be sure I'm not dragging something into my incubators.

No, I wouldn't take my chickens, as much as I love them, to a vet. I would take their poop in for a fecal test perhaps though, or you can even send a blood sample or feather to the DNA places for testing for some diseases.

Yes, there's all kinds of bacteria and parasites in the soil but I do not treat the soil. I don't have any diseases and don't because of my biosecurity program. I don't bring 'new' birds onto my property. I only hatch eggs to replace my birds that either I sell or die from old age. Yes, some diseases are transmitted vertically via the egg but those chances are very small. I've only had gape worm once in my birds and only a single bird...it was transmitted from a wild bird, a mocking bird that had built a nest on top of the run....it's feces contained the gape worm eggs.

Eventhough, your bird is in the house, he should be wormed. I worm my birds twice a year!

I've been reading people give their birds vitamins. Do you do that? I'll talk to my vet friend to about worming him.

 

[Debbie292d]

I've been reading people give their birds vitamins. Do you do that? I'll talk to my vet friend to about worming him.

Yes! For the newly hatched ones, I put Poultry Drench vitamins in their water for one day, their second day.

For the older ones, every couple of weeks I give them Poultry Cell vitamins in their water. They also get Rooster Booster granules mixed into their feed at half the dose recommended, just for a little boost.

 

[Katie Grace 399]

Yes! For the newly hatched ones, I put Poultry Drench vitamins in their water for one day, their second day.

For the older ones, every couple of weeks I give them Poultry Cell vitamins in their water. They also get Rooster Booster granules mixed into their feed at half the dose recommended, just for a little boost.

Thank you!

 

[007Sean]

I've been reading people give their birds vitamins. Do you do that? I'll talk to my vet friend to about worming him.

Not unless they are very young hatchling. A balanced and complete feed ration and clean fresh water is all they really need, everything else is considered 'treats'.

 

[Katie Grace 399]

Yes, there's all kinds of bacteria and parasites in the soil but I do not treat the soil. I don't have any diseases and don't because of my biosecurity program. I don't bring 'new' birds onto my property. I only hatch eggs to replace my birds that either I sell or die from old age. Yes, some diseases are transmitted vertically via the egg but those chances are very small. I've only had gape worm once in my birds and only a single bird...it was transmitted from a wild bird, a mocking bird that had built a nest on top of the run....it's feces contained the gape worm eggs.

Eventhough, your bird is in the house, he should be wormed. I worm my birds twice a year!

 

[Katie Grace 399]

I see some people have recommended Levamisole for worming. I've seen they have a soluble drench powder. But I can't find it anywhere. There's some for livestock , cattle, sheep, hogs. But nothing for chickens. Any suggestions?

 

[DobieLover]

I see some people have recommended Levamisole for worming. I've seen they have a soluble drench powder. But I can't find it anywhere. There's some for livestock , cattle, sheep, hogs. But nothing for chickens. Any suggestions?

You could use fenbendazole instead. It's the active ingredient in Safeguard liquid goat wormer that you dose individually.