Flygirl1987
Chirping
- Jun 6, 2023
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Hi there! I am happy to be on this forum. I am new to Peafowl, and since I bought juvenile birds I didn’t expect to have babies, but the hands started laying, I bought a nice cabinet incubator, and they started hatching. I have about 26 adults and 16 hatched from this year. I have them all separated just two or three if there are two hens. I also have some chickens. my chicken yards are 12 x 25’. I also have a geodesic dome that is 28 x 28 x 14’ high for growing out yearlings. I have invested many tens of thousands of dollars in them and have read extensively and continue to every day several hours a day. Some of the breeders I have bought my birds from have also been helpful. They were all wormed with Panacur couple of months ago. they have been getting Corid in their water as well All of a sudden I lost two babies, then lost another three weeks ago, and then one of the larger 2023 white hens. by this time the adults began exhibiting signs of Blackhead Disease — ruffled feathers and drooping feathers, but still eating and drinking. . I do have two Peafowl or one pair in each of the chicken coops, but the other Peafowl have had no direct contact with the others. I have been. I have done wildlife rehab in the past for three years at a wildlife sanctuary, so I knowledgeable about cleanliness, hygiene, and preventative measures to prevent cross contamination. By the time I realized what it was it was too late. So far I have lost 5 older chicks (more than 2 lbs up to 4 lbs) and two adult hens.
My vet is knowledgeable very much so in poultry, and we are doing a necropsy now to determine the reasons, but I can almost guaranteed to be Black head disease.
My vet wouldn’t give me metronidazole so I obtained it through Allivet on my own, and I understand I need to give each adult a 250 mg tablet by mouth once a day for five days.
Reality hurts, but my question is that do any of the birds have any chance of surviving this outbreak? Please I need to know from those who know. The pheasants and chickens are exhibiting no clinical signs of the disease.
thank you!
My vet is knowledgeable very much so in poultry, and we are doing a necropsy now to determine the reasons, but I can almost guaranteed to be Black head disease.
My vet wouldn’t give me metronidazole so I obtained it through Allivet on my own, and I understand I need to give each adult a 250 mg tablet by mouth once a day for five days.
Reality hurts, but my question is that do any of the birds have any chance of surviving this outbreak? Please I need to know from those who know. The pheasants and chickens are exhibiting no clinical signs of the disease.
thank you!
and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.
to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!
Definitely post in our Peafowl forum, 
