Peafowl Noob...

[casportpony]

How do you treat it? All the articles I read said it was not... If I treat it then will the peafowl get it again?

FYI, it's not treatable in food animals because all the medication used to treat it are banned for use in food animals.

 

[Kessel23]

Alright, so if they get it and I treat it will they get it again if they come in contact with an infected bird again?

 

[Kessel23]

Also, does it matter if they are peachicks or not? And I am still going to use a turkey as a test dummy to see if my chickens carry blackhead.

 

[casportpony]

Alright, so if they get it and I treat it will they get it again if they come in contact with an infected bird again?

I'm not sure... the literature I read said that they don't build up an immunity, but I don't think I've ever treated one more than once.

 

[casportpony]

Also, does it matter if they are peachicks or not? And I am still going to use a turkey as a test dummy to see if my chickens carry blackhead.

Keep in mind that you could go many years without seeing it.

 

[Kessel23]

Really? I read that if a turkey gets infected it dies within weeks or days depending on age. So can peafowl also get infected and live for years?

 

[casportpony]

Really? I read that if a turkey gets infected it dies within weeks or days depending on age. So can peafowl also get infected and live for years?

I've treated peachicks, peafowl, poults, and turkeys. It can be treated in either species.

 

[Kessel23]

How common is it for chickens to have black head? I know it does not kill them but I read that they get it and then they pass it to peafowl & turkeys and then the peafowl and turkeys die from it.

 

[Kessel23]

Besides worms, what do you think is the most common disease/injury in peafowl that I will have to deal with?

 

[casportpony]

Besides worms, what do you think is the most common disease/injury in peafowl that I will have to deal with?

• Worms
• Coccidiosis
• Blackhead
• Respiratory infections
• E. coli