Show off your Peas!

thanks for the input...I will be getting pics of the legs in a bit...call me paranoid but I don't want bugs on my birds....or even the possibility of them....im new at the bird thing and I might be overacting but better to be safe then sorry and have a problem get worse....seems like when you fix something and then something else happens...its ben a pain...I havnt ben able to work on the coops....grrr....I also have found that most of the bird breeders I have been talking to don't really use an effective wormer...and some don't even worm at all...weird huh...but very true...I guess its what people can find by them and they don't feel as if they should do the research on worming meds or meds for that fact...I go overboard on when it comes to a problem...if you didn't notice already....but the birds are only as good as what you provide them.....my thoughts anyways...well be back in a flash with some pics

I have found out that you only treat them for what they have not what they might get except for ivomec, seven, etc. For worming you start with a trip to the vet to have a mixture of their poop tested. If it test clear for worms and eggs don't worm them! Test them again in about 6 mo. If anything shows up then worm them and agian in 10 days to get the eggs. Their are exceptions to every rule like when you get a new bird quartine and give it the works! If it is clear (according to testing by your vet) then it can be integrated with the rear of the flock. This is not from me but the avian vet at Oklahoma State University of which I am lucky enough to have fairly close by!
 
I have found out that you only treat them for what they have not what they might get except for ivomec, seven, etc. For worming you start with a trip to the vet to have a mixture of their poop tested. If it test clear for worms and eggs don't worm them! Test them again in about 6 mo. If anything shows up then worm them and agian in 10 days to get the eggs. Their are exceptions to every rule like when you get a new bird quartine and give it the works! If it is clear (according to testing by your vet) then it can be integrated with the rear of the flock. This is not from me but the avian vet at Oklahoma State University of which I am lucky enough to have fairly close by!
Good advice except for one thing

IMO 6 months is a long time to not worm peafowl as delicate as they are.
You can worm any animal and they can pick up eggs in the soil and be reinfected the day the worm meds ware off, i believe it takes around 30 days for worms to mature and lay more egg and then pass them in their droppings reinfecting over and over causing a heavy worm load that can bring down their immunity and leave them susceptible to other things just sayen
 
Good advice except for one thing 

IMO 6 months is a long time to not worm peafowl as delicate as they are.
You can worm any animal and they can pick up eggs in the soil  and be reinfected the day the worm meds ware off, i believe it takes around 30 days for worms to mature and lay more egg and then pass them in their droppings reinfecting over and over causing a heavy worm load that can bring down their immunity and leave them susceptible to other things just sayen

The vet at OSU told me this. Another thing he told me was to be vigilant in watching the birds. The less you handle them the better. Handling them is a major stressor.
 
The vet at OSU told me this. Another thing he told me was to be vigilant in watching the birds. The less you handle them the better. Handling them is a major stressor.
I agree handling birds can make them stressed unless they are used to it like bird man birds are!
 
@birdman55 you are not overreacting or going overboard, you are good steward of your flock. You only need to worry about how others tend to their flock when you consider whether you might bring them to your home. You just keep the attitude you have and your birds will always be happy and healthy.

thanks I will keep you guys posted...I just want the best for the birdies and don't want them to suffer....birds go thru stress thru everything in their life...mating season...being sold at auction, hatching...new pens with new birds...so im assuming they can handle it when a person treats them and handles them...yes it is uncomfortable for the bird to be handled...but I would rather handle the birds and be preventative and get the birds strong and healthy then to let nature wing it...that's for sure....well off to the coop I go for some pics...be back in a flash

I still think about those birds I didn't get from the old man...I feel so bad for them and their condition and feed that they are consuming...but cant change everything...otherwise the world would be perfect with no issues or diseases....right
 
well here are some before pics any thoughts...or am I just paranoid
i am thinking it was more of a dietary issue I once bought a peacock who scales were all pointing up and after feeding him some proper pheasant food and some clean water he got better after a week maybe ur male wasn't taken care of well or wasn't feed the right kind of food rather and tbh idk how to tell if they have mites on their feet or the signs
 
The vet at OSU told me this. Another thing he told me was to be vigilant in watching the birds. The less you handle them the better. Handling them is a major stressor.
You do not have to handle to worm them
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also when someone brings in birds from many different place they need to be more watchful of them than someone that has had the same flock for years and does not bring in new birds often like me the last 3 times i brought in new birds was 2012,2011,2010 all peafowl babies all from the same breeder
 

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