How to raise Backyard Chickens: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Crop Problem

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Crop Problem - advice please

A Big Thank You and best to You today !!

Shannon

----- Original Message -----

From: CathrynTherese

To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 4:45 AM

Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Crop Problem - advice please

Hi Shannon,
Pigeons tend to be prone to easily picking up the protozoa, drink at puddles and shallow ponds in social groups, and seem to almost always bring it back after flights. Pigeons also can carry numerous zoonoses. The avio 4 in 1 contains an antibiotic that is effective against bacterial diseases and another antibiotic that kills, controls canker, (T gallinae). There are also other effective meds.
http://www.albertaclassic.com/trichomonas/trichomonas.php
There are problems because of over use (read this) with antibiotic resistance. The breeder I bought silkies from was a pigeon breeder before he raised silkies. The most beautiful silkies you ever laid eyes on, and well worth the bother and meds. I have also found that t gallinae is quite prevalent in chickens too. People allow wild birds to drink and eat at their chickens feeders and water dishes, and share chickens. ET... There are several meds used to treat it and after school tonight I'll sit down and list them. What ever people do I highly recommend to not use copper sulfate to treat; often causes blindness, destroys kidneys and other organs and is way more toxic than people realize until it is too late. Even the safer meds have to be used with care or they will destroy the bird. (Never feed grit during treatment and if you are feeding grain, crack/half grind the wheat, crack your corn fine, or better yet feed a higher protein feed to keep your birds warm and put in a corner light for shyer night feeders.)

You can hatch from chickens with canker, keep the off spring/chicks in a different barn/pens (they never share water or bedding with canker infected birds) and end up with great flocks.

Last Ohio National a friend picked up chickens for me. Two had canker, two did not. All had separate quarantine cages. The most valuable , the most needed color never recovered/tested negative and always showed mouth evidence after meds were stopped a couple of weeks later. I never did get fertile milk/sperm off of him after treatment (medications, not just canker meds often impairs fertility).

Even though it is -10 this morning, we have school; our first day back. LOL! Nothing like an extra 4 days off, Friday before Christmas break and another 3. Catch you later with the meds list.

Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM in Michigan