Show off your Peas!

[Lisa Pedro]

I was thinking it was going to be a boy with all those dark feathers. No I have not wormed him. What wormer do you use for Peas? I was giving him a little tetracycline in his water for some slight sniffles. I got him from a rescue and do not know the story of the first 3 weeks of his life. She has or had 3 older India Blue males and 1 female also. But I wanted to start small, lol.

 

[zazouse]

I worm mine with safe guard for goats, i put it in scrambled eggs others put it in their water 3 cc per gallon for three days , change daily. for a single wee pea like this one i would use 1/4 of a cc if using it in eggs or wet feed for 3 days.
I could never rely on the water method as my peas have ponds and creeks as well as containers i keep fresh water in for them so it would be impossibe to worm them all with water, so is use eggs as that is one of their favorite treats.

There are other things peas can get but i haven't delt with them , but there are other folks here that can advise you on them and their treatments.

ANYONE wanna help her out with other things peas can come down with especily sence she has turkeys and all.

 

[casportpony]

Zaz was beating around the bush, lol, so I'll be direct.

Peafowl are very suspetible to:

• Coccidiosis
• Blackhead (histomoniasis)
• E. Coli, which they almost always get if they have blackhead.
• Cecal worms
• Capillary worms

You should probably have the following on hand in case your cute pea gets sick:

• Corid or Amprol for coccidiosis - $16 to $25
• Metronidazole (Fishzole, Flagyl, Meditrich) for blackhead (histomoniasis) - ~$30
• Safeguard liquid goat wormer for most worms - ~$22
• 10% Baytril for E. coli - ~$25

If you want, I could mail you a few metronidazole pills so you don't have to buy a whole bottle.

When you have a chance, read this:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/804570/coping-with-blackhead

Not trying to scare you, just don't want you to go through what so many others have.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

@Lisa Pedro , Now might be a good time to get a baseline weight on your chick. I have found that healthy chicks make daily weight gains of 7-12% of their body weight. No need to weigh daily, but if you weighed you chick today and then again in a week you should see a significant increase in weight. If you don't, that will give you a head start into figuring out what's making it sick. Make sense?

Many people don't weigh theirs and I don't weigh some of mine, but my special ones, like the ones I got from eggs that @DylansMom sent me get weighed about every three days.









Hope this helps.

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

Zaz was beating around the bush, lol, so I'll be direct.

I were not beating the bush

i saw your name over in that little box and you got all this stuff down pat so i carry on soldier

 

[margaret8]

Hey, how long are they infertile after you worm them?

 

[casportpony]

Quote: I was teasing you, lol.

-Kathy

 

[zazouse]

 

[Peacockvilla13]

This are my first Peachicks and the 2 bigger ones are from my 2 yr old India Blue peahen Cleo and they were born on my Birthday , and the little ones are from Chloe and Milan my 1 yr old Pied Peahens

 

[casportpony]

This are my first Peachicks and the 2 bigger ones are from my 2 yr old India Blue peahen Cleo and they were born on my Birthday , and the little ones are from Chloe and Milan my 1 yr old Pied Peahens

They're cute!

-Kathy