There were some difficult races yesterday with low velo's and some very late and tired birds.How do most of you treat them for a speedy recovery? ie. cabin up for a couple of days,light feeds etc.
Irace my hens wed. and sat. for same reason they have won 4 to date,cocks only 1,they fly well at home but not trained.Sorry about 1st post not used to new format.
We had a lad in our club who used to get YBS every year but was still the top prize winner in the fed. It was his opinion that the youngsters that got over it quickly where the ones that were topping the fed.
Have trained, just 2 mls Friday afternoon back to the hens with good results (early in season).Feeding,gradual build up with plenty on Thursday evening, Friday am. 1oz in pots, then light feed of seeds late afternoon.
I respect your views, in the past I have gone down the expensive road of visiting the vets and on several occasions been given broad spectrum anti-biotics while awaiting test results. I now prefer to have a planned health programme which keeps their use to a minimum, but as you say all roads lead to Rome. atb.
Think this analogy is off the mark, if your unsure that your birds have salmonella/paratyphoid why not treat to be certain, it will do no harm if you use correct dosage. I have done so for many years without any problems, at present I use Sulphatrim but 20 years ago I used Florazolidone.
Seen this before in a pigeon that had been bitten in the wing by a rat, in that case it was paratyphoid. I would get the bird checked out for piece of mind.
This is most likely to be the cause of clear eggs, my birds are let out of their boxes one pair at a time until they lay their second egg. It is time consuming but you don't have clear eggs and you are certain of their parentage.