y bird sickness

[weecunny]

ok what is it as av never seen it .what would u look for  and how would u treat it

[Tony C]

Vomiting is the most obvious sign but if you don’t happen to see this and the other pigeons eat that corn you'll be none the wiser. A sign to look out for is a pigeon or two sitting out taking no notice when you call them in, they just remain stationary. Another sign is their droppings become green and sticky.

You don’t actually treat for y/b/s you treat for any secondary infection that might take hold. I would day if you've had any problems in the last year (old birds) i.e. e-coli, respiratory, Candida treat for these, if they've had a clean bill of health in the last year just let them fight it without antibiotics. Feed them light and put yogurt in the drinker one day ACV the next. Any pigeon found with a full crop of undigested food I remove from the loft for 24 hours or until its either spewed or digested its food

[weecunny]

is that not treatin blind  just askin

[Guest numpty01]

every year i collect elderberrys and boil them so far i aint had it give once week in drinkers ribina is the same

[weecunny]

so will ribena cure coxi then and canker

[Guest numpty01]

no idea but seems to work for ybs i aint had it

[Tony C]

is that not treatin blind  just askin

 

Treating blind perhaps, sometimes we have to work on probabilities.

[cowman]

every year i collect elderberrys and boil them so far i aint had it give once week in drinkers ribina is the same

 

i go to our local health food shop and buy sambucol elderberry extract with glucose in it too add to water from the start i got caught out with it last year and my young birds never got to race until sept with the return races .

[Guest numpty01]

yep but i make two gallons of it at a time it cost nothing to get or to make just boil it and crush then boil again makes mess saucepan though

[greenlands]

Sambucol elderberry extract.trying it for the first time this season,very cheap if it works Cowman how much do you put in a litre of water.Lindsay

[Back garden fancier]

Young birds throw up for lots of reasons, if you feed too much, they eat lots then when the water in their crop swells the corn they throw up to relieve the pressure. Also canker can do it.

[Guest numpty01]

i just tip it in till i like look of colour

[Guest]

regarding the elderberry i boil it abd freeze it in ice cube bags 1 per 3ltr drinker at least once a week dont know if it does any good for y/b sickness but the birds love it and look great in feather doesnt do the wild birds any harm either when its on the tree they go mad for it seen a whole tree  picked clean in a day or two

[Guest numpty01]

hi frank nice to see you back ;)yes wild birds know its good for um

[Guest]

thanks numpty try washing bunches of them and hanging them in the loft the birds need time to get used to them but strip them clean very soon the only thing is the purple  floor

[Guest chrisss]

as strange as it may seem it also firms the droppings up a lot as well 8) 8)

[Guest numpty01]

;D ;D ;D ;Dboth noticed as well first time i used it my boy said dad they are bleeding from rear end  ;D

[blackdog]

so will ribena cure coxi then and canker

 

 

no

 

[cowman]

Sambucol elderberry extract.trying it for the first time this season,very cheap if it works Cowman how much do you put in a litre of water.Lindsay

 

i got 5 ltr drinkers and add around 10ml to the drinker .

[greenlands]

Cheers mate.Lindsay