Question about keeping Turkeys with Chickens?

[Denninmi]

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Personally, if I were you, I would give the other 5 the Flagil (Metronidazole) as well just to be on the safe side.

 

[jimmythechicken]

we have our turkeys with chickens we dont have any problems i have heard that if you free range your chickens an the turkeys stay inside the chickens will bring it in to them.i guess if you have blackheads in your soil your turkeys will get it if you dont have it in your soil they wont get it.goodluck

 

[slc]

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Yeah, the second part is scary when you think of it, like the video of the downer cows being put into the food chain that made the news last year.

I did find a preventative food specifically for blackhead -- drug is called Nitarsone, the food is called Turkey Grower Medicated HS from Blue Seal Feeds:
I'm going to use it and see what happens. I also bought a big bottle of Fishzole just to have on hand in case. Hopefully I'll never need it.

WARNING!!!! Nitarsone is ARSENIC!!! Its the same crap fed to factory broilers NOT good stuff!

"Anyhow, how did the arsenic get into the chickens? According to the US Food and Drug Administration arsenic compounds are extensively added to the feed of animals--particularly chickens and pigs--to make them grow faster [11,12]. Most broiler chickens (which constitute 99% of the chicken meat that people eat) are fed arsenic in the United States [11,13]. Most of the animals are so heavily infested with internal parasites that adding arsenic to the feed can result in a "stunning" increase in growth rates [14].
Since the 1970s, the American poultry industry has used certain arsenic-based ingredients as chicken feed additives. The three major compounds in this class are arsinilic acid, roxarsone (4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylarsonic acid), and nitarsone (4-nitro-phenylarsonic acid) [5]. "

Also see:
http://www.healthobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=80529