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what do i do? my birds come back from a race with it

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Quoted from REDFOXKRAUTHS

what do i do? my birds come back from a race with it

hi redfox...ur birds most probably already had the sickness b4 going to the race,the symptoms may not have been showing but incubated over night in the race basket..i know a few people are using nifurymycin to treat this and have had good results...about £3 a sachet....paul.

Quoted from REDFOXKRAUTHS

what do i do? my birds come back from a race with it

Have you tried using an ETS system mate by the sounds of it it cures everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On a serious note Ben their is nothing more dishearting than seeing a good team of young birds going down with the dreaded "sickness" especially when the racing has just started. No feeding AT ALL for 24 hours but electrolytes in the water. Then "small stuff" and keep the electrolytes going as well. If things don't look like they are improving at all then the "secondaries" like e-coli need sorting and that is where the "cocktail" medicines like Nifuramycin come in they blast everything.

You will lose some but after 5 days give a decent multi-vit and try and build them up again.

Sorry to say your racing season is probably over. Good luck Ben!

Heya mate i just cured mine of it .I put a hopper full of depuritive in the loft and left it there topping up when needed till they was over it.Fresh water daily and keep the loft super clean.Keep the birds in the loft till all symptoms are gone.Timbarra(Spencer) told me how to get over mine and all thanks to him.Like he stated its a viral infection you need to let all the birds get over it in there own time.just like a cold will spread from one family member to the other so will this pass through the loft.
The reason behind the hopper feeding 24 hours a day is so the birds dont gorge themselve's and just eat a little when needed.
I think mine was caught just in time and am training and racing again.

Ben take my advice go pm bilco and get some xerex i had the sickness couple weeks ago, cleared it up in 48 hours. You notice a huge improvement in the birds in 8 hours

Quoted from 678

hi redfox...ur birds most probably already had the sickness b4 going to the race,the symptoms may not have been showing but incubated over night in the race basket..i know a few people are using nifurymycin to treat this and have had good results...about £3 a sachet....paul.

I know i didnt though mate as my birds were flying fit and doing well in training doing it in the best times i have ever had!!!!
Ben

p.s. thanks to everyone,
Ben

John Halstead recommends no food for 24 hours until they have empied their crops remove all spew from cree. Then Nyistan in the water for 24 hours then live yoghurt for another 24 hours. They can have food after they have empied their crops but it must be light i.e seed or a depurative.

Some people recommend bilcos YBS

Quoted from Paulo

John Halstead recommends no food for 24 hours until they have empied their crops remove all spew from cree. Then Nyistan in the water for 24 hours then live yoghurt for another 24 hours. They can have food after they have empied their crops but it must be light i.e seed or a depurative.

Some people recommend bilcos YBS

i agree mate this is a good step in the right direction deffo give them the natural bio live yoghurt it does them the world of good

Quoted from Tony C

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take a look ,some good posts , there is more on yb sickness if you look back the pages on" health",,,hope your birds improve and the posts help

hi all
       i know its probably on here somewhere, but can any one tell me the 1st symptoms of ybs? got a young bird thats been sick today, grain mostly, smells a bit sour? thanks

Quoted from korhil

hi all
       i know its probably on here somewhere, but can any one tell me the 1st symptoms of ybs? got a young bird thats been sick today, grain mostly, smells a bit sour? thanks

had it a few times, first thing i noticed was birds just stop flying at all, next is you see regurgitated food on perches and then its green slimey watery droppings,

Quoted from TAMMY_1

had it a few times, first thing i noticed was birds just stop flying at all, next is you see regurgitated food on perches and then its green slimey watery droppings,

Aye, we all know about your bird, what about your pigeon

If you have young birds sickness this year, what woud you treat them ?

hi

I treat mine youngs with:

a. Paramixture injection 4 weeks old
b. ring them.
c. canker tablet
d. cocoxi tablet
e. worming tablet

drinking water 7 in 1

but the parent birds get:

a. canker tablet
b. cocoxi tablet
c. worming tablet

and the drinking water 7 in 1

This year so far I had to treat mine with additional medication for the drop wing/para legs etc?

i hope this helps

Quoted from CS

If you have young birds sickness this year, what woud you treat them ?

nifuramycin seems to do the trick,but i have had great success with a medication called baflox,this is the real deal,cant seem to get anymore though!.........remember,dont have any minerals or grit in with the birds when using medication!,as these can weaken the treatments power...paul

24 hour fast then feed daily with light mixture preferably diet with added youghart and kept in loft

for yb sickness,
keep youngsters in the loft for 10-14 days
give nothing but plain water
feed in hoppers , light diet or depurative all day.

your youngsters should be over it in 10-14 days........ its that simple.




or you can give them everything that is advised and make situation worse.. its your choice.