mr baddoo Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 It was meant tongue in cheek, but feel free to criticise guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocknee Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Every shoot has neighbours like you, have a quiet word with him, failing that kick his head in! Should do the trick! Tongue in cheek I feel lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 Guys, I thought Mr B's post was intended to be humorous and not to be taken literally, can we just concentrate on the subject - it was very interesting to me for one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigs Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 how do you guys treat hexi ours have been in 10 days and one or two are starting too show it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 It was meant tongue in cheek, but feel free to criticise guys. Understood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted August 13, 2013 Report Share Posted August 13, 2013 how do you guys treat hexi ours have been in 10 days and one or two are starting too show it get to a vet for a PM, take a couple of sick but not dead birds. Chose a poultry / game specialist. They will then prescribe the appropriate medication. When I first had to do it it was way cheaper than I expected and certainly cheaper than losing a few dozen birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
part timer Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Pole star you should see how many of my polts the buzzards are getting through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) Pole star you should see how many of my polts the buzzards are getting through! Pole star you should see how many of my polts the buzzards are getting through! Would love to mate I wish some one would stake out their feed rides with some good filming gear & make a case of it then it can not be disputed . Atb ps I don't disbelieve you part timer but until someone gets some good film footage its a hard struggle to convince English nature & the RSPB about the control argument ? anyway lets hope you have a good season & buz don't eat too many Edited August 14, 2013 by Pole Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) how do you guys treat hexi ours have been in 10 days and one or two are starting too show it as said get some off to the vets but some pointers that may help to lessen the uptake of hexi & co, slab under your feeders, clean the slabs off with a scaper, wash down with virkon s and a scrub brush so that the area where the birds are feeding is clean, hang some fresh veg about to concentrate any pecking / picking, have clean grit available for the birds (i add a couple of handfuls to each bag of feed and mix in). If you have areas of nettles and other under grow that the birds show interest in eating under roosting trees (check the vegetation for droppings) remove that vegetation. Hexi does not live long out side of the body, the birds must pick it up and ingest it, the more they ingest the more they excrete and so the cycle continues Our birds are doing fine, the feeders are cleaned once a week at the mo, if i had problems it'd be more often Edited August 14, 2013 by Paul223 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 Would love to mate I wish some one would stake out their feed rides with some good filming gear & make a case of it then it can not be disputed . Atb ps I don't disbelieve you part timer but until someone gets some good film footage its a hard struggle to convince English nature & the RSPB about the control argument ? anyway lets hope you have a good season & buz don't eat too many EN must be convinced because they have issued licenses for nest destruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffyshooter Posted August 14, 2013 Report Share Posted August 14, 2013 EN must be convinced because they have issued licenses for nest destruction. I read in the ST it was one licence for one shoot. However that may be the end of it given the fuss kicked up and some of the stuff that leaked out about the application which didn't make EN look too bright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Our birds have been in the pen 2 weeks this Saturday. Luckily enough the weather has been decent in this period so they have settled in well. Fingers crossed everything goes ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degalle79 Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Got our poults 1.5 weeks ago, 450. Lost close to 40 that we know of, they were dying in 4s and 5s every day. We are just a small DIY shoot. Took them to poultry/game specialist lab for testing yesterday, it was coccidiosis. Have stuff now to treat them but very worried we will lose a lot more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJon Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Got our poults 1.5 weeks ago, 450. Lost close to 40 that we know of, they were dying in 4s and 5s every day. We are just a small DIY shoot. Took them to poultry/game specialist lab for testing yesterday, it was coccidiosis. Have stuff now to treat them but very worried we will lose a lot more! Whats the treatment ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degalle79 Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Can't think of the name of it but it is added to their water. We have cut the main water supply so we can ensure they are getting the med into them. I hope it works, will check the name of the med tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJon Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Sounds like amprol/amprolium but a few similar meds about now - used to work in chicken cocci hence the interest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted August 15, 2013 Report Share Posted August 15, 2013 Baycox is another which I find works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr pigeon Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Had our birds 4 weeks tomorrow. 405 ex layers, in the pen I look after. 5 deaths and still lots in the pen all looking good. Also 50 duck which is now 57 as some wild ones have turned up, happy days so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Well ours were doing really well till the ****** visited this afternoon and ripped holes in the pen, smashed a gate and killed a few poults for good measure. Fortunately they have been in a month so we hope they have spread out. Police came and while in the yard saw them with a pump on the back of one quad stolen from another farm, so they dropped that but weren't caught. ******** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Well ours were doing really well till the ****** visited this afternoon and ripped holes in the pen, smashed a gate and killed a few poults for good measure. Fortunately they have been in a month so we hope they have spread out. Police came and while in the yard saw them with a pump on the back of one quad stolen from another farm, so they dropped that but weren't caught. ******** GOOD ! Hope they swing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Ours are fine as far as we know! We don't see alot of them;too much cover about at the moment.Landowner sent me a photo today of what he reckons is a wild brood of 10 in number! Good to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pole Star Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 Have just seen a clutch of ten wild pheasants from where I sit at my pc they all crossed the field to get in the headland along the dyke must be about 8 weeks old or so ? its been a great year for them . The spring & early summer was dry up although cold but at least the rains stayed off & where I live a local farmer has had one of those RSPB birdie crops planted which I have notice has made a difference to the amount bird life locally . ATB Pole Star Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovepark keeper Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 I am guessing the med is called baycox !. About £90-£100 per litre depends on vets price Now with coccidiosis it can be hard to shift it so I would suggest getting the birds out the pen sooner rather than later ( but this dose depend on how long the birds have been in the pen ) I know some people wouldn't agree with that but with coccidiosis depends how quickly you have caught it but once it has becomes established you are only treating the birds that haven't got it or birds that have just caught it . So basically let them have the med and get them out because the ground they are on is infected maybe have some drinkers and feeders just on the out side of the pen if you haven't all ready ... Also a big must is to move the hoppers onto clean space very day so they are not on the same ground also if you can move drinkers about I no it's abit more harder but you need to do every thing you can . + change footwear if you have more than 1 pen of birds . Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryle Posted August 18, 2013 Report Share Posted August 18, 2013 We've a bit of coxcy too. Lost about 50 in total so far out of about 400. A neighbouring shoot who uses the same dealer has also had losses due to coxcy. Bit annoyed really as its plainly obvious the birds were infected beforehand. But as we all know keeping pheasants is a gamble at times. Mr buzzard has also had a feed on a few occasions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted August 19, 2013 Report Share Posted August 19, 2013 GOOD ! Hope they swing ! highly unlikely but Herts have got 2 quad bikes with rural officers on who are having a frequent ride about and if they can catch any of them on byways apparently they can seize their bikes assuming no insurance etc. Quads are starting to be a serious issue here as the ****** find them ideal for getting about we also have a group of 10 who think nothing of going through crops in their efforts to be a pain in the backside and scout out whatever isn't nailed down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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