Peafowl Medications

[izigg]

I dont know what blackhead is or what to do, my other hen looks like she just died and is unresponsive, I cant hear a heart beat and she is lifeless, I dont even know what happend ? I dont eve have an animal dog/cat vet that will take a look at them, none of them are willing. I have one bird in here with me watching her for signs of life wrapped in ablanket but I think she is all but dead so that sucks, the one with the broken toes is eating and drinking and responsive I just dont know if i need to give her antibiotice for the breaks and now with a different bird up and dying i may have some other problem Im not aware of, so what do you do in this situation before another bird dies?

 

[izigg]

So it seems the problem is growing, one dead hen of unknown causes ? I have another hen that just laied a soft shelled egg and is acting odd just like the the hen that b4 she died she did this same stuff about a week ago and then died, so what should I be looking for and how do I treat what ever is going on?

 

[casportpony]

I use the Ivermec and know there are others although I won't use them.

Other than pesticides, the other one I know of is moxidectin, but it's not as safe as ivermectin.

 

[casportpony]

So it seems the problem is growing, one dead hen of unknown causes ? I have another hen that just laied a soft shelled egg and is acting odd just like the the hen that b4 she died she did this same stuff about a week ago and then died, so what should I be looking for and how do I treat what ever is going on?

You need to find a vet or learn how to necropsy and buy a whole bunch of drugs.

 

[casportpony]

@izigg , what city do you live in?

 

[izigg]

I live in Pickford, I finally found a vet an hour away in the Sault, unfortunately too late for the one bird, . I did an autopsy and didnt find much but perhaps a lot? I found a strange half fluid filled mass half dollar size attached to her right breast shoulder and cant find any pics to compare anything to although I did take a pic which I will post up. Also found 15 - 20 strange little pebble like bubbles growing in one spot inside her under her back rib cage towards pelvis anywhere from 2 to 3 mm in size kinda clear looking in color. If the bird died of pneumonia what would be noticeable signs being displayed I should be looking out for and is there anything to be learned from the inside if anything I should have been noticing ? ? Or is this a cancer of sorts ? I didnt find any worms I keep looking for pictures of others who dissected dead pea fowl but no luck. Does anyone have any links to anatomy diagrams?

 

[izigg]

What kind of drugs can I get for pnemonia and is it safe to treat the whole flock as a precaution. Does any of these pics look normal?

 

[casportpony]

You need to get a look at her liver.

 

[izigg]

I can buy a bunch of drugs in the Sault tomorrow when I go there. They have a tractor supply I bought Safeguard at before and was going to get more and some feed with Amprolium in it . Ive seen Ivermectin but not sure the form it was being sold in or is the Safeguard it? Im rather bummed I had to go downstate for doc appointments for 2 days prior to total disasters hitting my poor birds and rushed back but missed warning signs and lost a bird . I really didnt know the bird was sick she was laying eggs just fine up until a week ago then she started to lay soft shell broken eggs and was sleeping more and not moving around as much. I suppose that was a sign I should have noticed was a problem.

 

[izigg]

Liver was fine