Parttimekeeper Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 Good Morning With the imminent arrival of our poults I was hoping that some of you knowledgeable keepers could help me with what kind of medication I should have on stand by in case on a disease outbreak! In previous years we have had issues and by the time we managed to source medication it was a little late would like to have it ready just in case. I appreciate every disease needs treated different but just some the common diseases would help. Last year we used chlorsol 50 Thanks PTK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 None apart from some treatment for gape worm, I now get some of my pellets treated with flubenvet What you do need is the number of a vet specialising in game or poultry, if and when they start to look under the weather conatct the vet. Better having appropriate treatment straight away than using trial and error whilst all the time losing birds. A lot of ailments look very similar and can only be really acccuratle diagnosed by post mortem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 Coccidiosis or Coxy is one that the birds can go down with due to stress. You might find that who ever your getting your birds from may of already treated them with Baycox which works very well on this. As mentioned above find a local vet. We are very lucky and our vet acts very quickly is there is a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parttimekeeper Posted June 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Ok thanks what about some of these additives added to drinking water from quill etc? Are they worth the money ? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) Quill tonic i have read and heard is great. I have purchased a bottle but have just had to put some of my birds on Baycox for Coxy they are 3 weeks old and just had bits fitted. So will wait until they are sorted before I try the tonic. I work on the theory that if it has any benefit it is worth it. Edited June 21, 2018 by rimfire4969 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFC Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 This i have used it for a while now, another keeper on a shoot near mine told me about it. Don’t know if I have just been lucky but I have had nice healthy birds since and this and the quill boost tunic in the water works well. As well as poults I have 500 ex-layers too, sometimes they come a bit worse for well but using both certainly gets and keeps them healthy . Game master also do a good Game Bird Tonic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 If you have a history of diseases and are using the same pens again it is worth talking to your vet and getting in some of the appropiate medicines for them . I have just had a meeting with ours and got what we need as we always get problems and cant move the pen so he has agreed that prevention is a wise move and I will treat them after 10 days of arrival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave at kelton Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 I always fed medicated pellets for the first few weeks to a month with a prescription from my vet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 13 hours ago, Parttimekeeper said: Ok thanks what about some of these additives added to drinking water from quill etc? Are they worth the money ? thanks Yes, the organic acids which lower water ph to 4 and include amino acids and chelates minerals are definitely worth administering correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parttimekeeper Posted June 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2018 Thank you all for your input ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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