youg bird sicknes again

[DJ]

hiya thomas  i had yb sickness myself earlier this year and tried adenosan first as it was highly reccomended to me  my birds improved on this but it didnt seem to clear the yb sickness altogether with some still regurgitating food and some still  having wet droppings   i then tried y40 and nifradex together with coxedex and my birds seemed to be on the mend once again all bar some that were still regurgitating their food and still had that spongey feel to their crop   i then read on pb that fennell tea does the trick ( as taylorsloft said on this thread) so tried it and now all my birds have recovered as a novice i cant honestly say weather the cure was a combination of all the treatments put together or weather it was the fennel tea that did the trick but my birds are now back to normal and flying and eating ok   i put 2 fennel tea bags in a cup of warm water and left it to brew/cool down for 30 mins  i then mixed that with 2 litres of drinking water for the birds     i hope this helps   debbie

[hepste]

I've had the same problem 2 years running, in that the birds go back at times of stress eg longer/increased number of training tosses or time in race baskets.  It has taken about 6 weeks for them to get back to being 100%.  The mistake I made was to think they would get over it in about 2 weeks.   I trained and raced them accordingly, (even though I knew they weren't quite right)and paid the price with heavy losses. I won't make the same mistake again.  I shall breed earlier y/bs, on the basis that they will go down at some stage during training, but allowing them more recovery time.  I will make certain they are OK before I commence working them again, and by the time racing comes around they will have built up a strong enough immune system.  That's the theory anyway!!!

[Guest strapper]

I've had the same problem 2 years running, in that the birds go back at times of stress eg longer/increased number of training tosses or time in race baskets.  It has taken about 6 weeks for them to get back to being 100%.  The mistake I made was to think they would get over it in about 2 weeks.   I trained and raced them accordingly, (even though I knew they weren't quite right)and paid the price with heavy losses. I won't make the same mistake again.  I shall breed earlier y/bs, on the basis that they will go down at some stage during training, but allowing them more recovery time.  I will make certain they are OK before I commence working them again, and by the time racing comes around they will have built up a strong enough immune system.  That's the theory anyway!!!

 

inject ur youngbirds when they are still with their parents. most inject their youngbirds around march/april..at this time of the year they are stressed enough.

 

 

[hepste]

 

inject ur youngbirds when they are still with their parents. most inject their youngbirds around march/april..at this time of the year they are stressed enough.

 

 

Thanks Strapper.  I assume you mean paramyxo.  I usually inject after they've just left parents.  Actually last year was quite interesting, because I had y/bs' in 2 entirely different lofts.  My main team was in a tiled loft kept scrupilously clean.  My no hopers were in a converted shed that was hardly ever cleaned, the birds were given left over food, and the water changed once a week.  Guess which birds flew best!  To top it off, in the last two longer races, the no hopers took a 2nd and a 1st!! The only explanation I can deduce, is that the shed pigeons had a stronger immune system due to the environment in which they were kept.

[Guest chrisss]

 

Thanks Strapper.  I assume you mean paramyxo.  I usually inject after they've just left parents.  Actually last year was quite interesting, because I had y/bs' in 2 entirely different lofts.  My main team was in a tiled loft kept scrupilously clean.  My no hopers were in a converted shed that was hardly ever cleaned, the birds were given left over food, and the water changed once a week.  Guess which birds flew best!  To top it off, in the last two longer races, the no hopers took a 2nd and a 1st!! The only explanation I can deduce, is that the shed pigeons had a stronger immune system due to the environment in which they were kept.

 

you gave your pigeons left over food and changed their water once a week did i read that right?

[me]

its wet canker use rondisotol think thats how you speel it will clear up in 2/3 days

 

Ronidazole?

 

certainly would not do any harm!