shweet Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 Am I able to treat pigeons for Canker whilst they are in the nest and feeding young birds. Please help cause I am stressing out about losing my babies.Thanks Wayne.
kirky Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 should have been done when sitting, i would waite now till reared treat ybs after weaning.
Guest mick bowler Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 Wayne are they showing signs of canker? I've not treated and dont expect it to crop up, but be rest assured if it does then those birds will be removed. If your doing your job properly your birds should be fit and healthy and able to fend it off on their own.
shweet Posted January 8, 2011 Author Report Posted January 8, 2011 Yeah they defo got it. I noticed that a few of them had brownish wattles first and so new it was either canker or respiratory. Checked there throats and it was Canker. Will it affect my youngsters much if I leave it and treat when theyve been weaned or is it better to treat them now ?
JohnQuinn Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 I don't think it wise to leave them so would treat them just now. Canny see it doing the youngsters any harm if you treat them, but in saying that, i don't treat my doos for anything so i'm maybe not best placed to advise you on this.
Guest madpup Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 Ive treated for canker when birds were on the 3rd round and had no problems after that...
fletch Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 if i was you i would leave it as been said before always treat while they all sitting eggs,i feel treating during rearing will stunt the ybs and may cause them to have a low amunatity to it as they get older,this is my opinion i may be totally wrong
OLDYELLOW Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 theres a few ways round this, one is remove parent for 24 hours and treat then swap if using one tablet option , i have in past treated whilst on nest with ronizole no bother even with day old chicks , however i feel treating this late is bad practise , but smelly young birds caked in there watery faeces would be far worse as the strain will be the start of more problems , re stress and canker
DJWa Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 if your birds have canker that bad and y/bs are dyingfor me youve no option but to treatif you leave it for weeks till the y/bs are weaned and awayhow many more y/bs and probibaly old birds are going to die
shweet Posted January 8, 2011 Author Report Posted January 8, 2011 Nah its not that bad yet none have died.
Guest mick bowler Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 (edited) I dont think treating them will hurt the YBs too much, i'd be more concerned about exposing the YBs to mediction that early in life. My advice would be (take or leave it) get some cotton buds and soak in cider vinegar. Then clean all the canker out of the throats of all the birds using clean bud for each bird. Then add cider vinegar to the water at a rate of 10ml per litre for 3 days. Watch and make sure the parents are drinking it, if not reduce to 5ml per litre. Again, mu advice, any yb showing signs of disease then dispose of them. Edited January 8, 2011 by mick bowler
fletch Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 I dont think treating them will hurt the YBs too much, i'd be more concerned about exposing the YBs to mediction that early in life. My advice would be (take or leave it) get some cotton buds and soak in cider vinegar. Then clean all the canker out of the throats of all the birds using clean bud for each bird. Then add cider vinegar to the water at a rate of 10ml per litre for 3 days. Watch and make sure the parents are drinking it, if not reduce to 5ml per litre. Again, mu advice, any yb showing signs of disease then dispose of them. this is good advice
Daisymay Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 why breed birds that have not been treated ??.like closing door after horse has bolted.
Guest IB Posted January 8, 2011 Report Posted January 8, 2011 Yeah they defo got it. I noticed that a few of them had brownish wattles first and so new it was either canker or respiratory. Checked there throats and it was Canker. Will it affect my youngsters much if I leave it and treat when theyve been weaned or is it better to treat them now ? If you have correctly diagnosed this, my question would be 'do I really want to keep these birds and youngsters off them when they've fallen ill under their first 'strain' - raising their first round'? Youngsters immunity comes from their parents - like usually breeds like, so you may just be storing up problems for the future.
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