We are new owners of peacocks

[casportpony]

FWIW, mine are fed an unmedicated turkey starter that's 26.5% protein.

-Kathy

 

[Birdrain92]

Well it's good to know what the food contains and what it protects. I have a book that gives a list of diseases along with how to treat it if treatable, what types of poultry the disease effects, symptoms and how to prevent it. I just read the book if I realize one of my birds is sick.

 

[casportpony]

Well it's good to know what the food contains and what it protects. I have a book that gives a list of diseases along with how to treat it if treatable, what types of poultry the disease effects, symptoms and how to prevent it. I just read the book if I realize one of my birds is sick.

One of your peacocks are sick?

-Kathy

 

[KayLove80]

What is the name of the book?

 

[casportpony]

Free online books:

Penn State Poultry Health Handbook
http://pubs.cas.psu.edu/freepubs/pdfs/agrs52.pdf

Clinical Avian Medicine
http://avianmedicine.net/publication_cat/clinical-avian-medicine/

Avian Medicine: Principles and Applications
http://avianmedicine.net/publication_cat/avian-medicine/

-Kathy

 

[Birdrain92]

NO! None of my peachicks are sick. The book is called How To Raise Poultry. Looks exactly like this.

 

[casportpony]

Sorry, I mis-read your post, my bad!

-Kathy

 

[Birdrain92]

It goes over chickens, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, swans, peafowl, pheasants, turkeys, emus, ostriches, pigeons, quail, chukar partridge, rheas, predators of poultry, diseases, and what certain birds are used for and some history and interesting facts here and there. I looked at my game bird feed and it actually prevents respiratory diseases as well. The tag on it is kind of torn up so it's a little hard to see other stuff on it.

 

[casportpony]

Another good book to have is The AAAP Avian Disease Manual. It's sort of technical, but it does have things that are very helpful, like the amount of metronidazole needed to treat blackhead (histomoniasis) and canker.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

It goes over chickens, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, swans, peafowl, pheasants, turkeys, emus, ostriches, pigeons, quail, chukar partridge, rheas, predators of poultry, diseases, and what certain birds are used for and some history and interesting facts here and there. I looked at my game bird feed and it actually prevents respiratory diseases as well. The tag on it is kind of torn up so it's a little hard to see other stuff on it.

Who makes it?

-Kathy