Young bird Sickness

[Wiley]

i think i have got it thats the problem they all turned over night were fine yesaday went into the shed this morning and there was some corn on the floor not a lot so i feed them as normal today at 2o clock and now there corn over the floor and perchs and wet dark droppings

get some xerex of bilco best stuff when you get young bird sickness they look 100% healthy in 48 hours

[The engineer]

I have it at the moment mine arn' t been sick however holding corn fluffing up after exercise and green droppings as you say it is confusing. No fancier will give you the same answer on how to cure it i think you need to take one and try it if it works for you watch for the early symptoms and treat as soon as you see them. I have not fed mine for 24 hrs then only giving light feeds ensuring the crops are emptying. I have some stuff someone got from the vet. I think the other key is not to send them training or racing the amount of people who are sending when they have it in there loft is shocking.

[yeboah]

I have mine back onto half ounce morning and night of good seed,there dropping are good ,let them have a light exercise last night which i felt was a mistake as some of them looked pretty tired afterwards ,one blue in particular has pink skin ,clear throat and handles OK yet it has reverted to walking like a duck ,thought it might be a deficiency so added brewers yeast and energy oil to feed tonight ,has any one any idea's to the cause of this ?

[fletch]

no food for 48 hours then light feeds for 3-4 days little and often to get digestive system working propper

if possible feed 4 times a day but only half there daily amount over 4 feeds

another thing is leave them in loft for at least a week if possible 10 days and dont rush them back training

[Bilco]

Xerek - YBS gone within 6 hours.

[Tony C]

Were now 6 years on from this Topic http://forum.pigeonbasics.org/topic/17786-young-bird-sickness/ and little or nothing has changed.

[glew bros]

Regarding Yb sickness I had never experienced it in forty years of racing until 2 years ago after being gifted some youngsters and they brought it with them ,treated them with an unknown powder which worked straight away ,last year week after first race they came down with it again this time i split the team into 2 sections and treated one with the powder as the year previous and the others with cinnamon that i bought at the Co-op for pennies and it cured them every bit as good . Read a post on here where the vet stated the virus could lie dormant in the dust in the loft for a year so i pressure washed the loft from top to bottom ,so far so good time will tell ,Spoke to a very good fancier at last years national presentation and when i asked him about Yb sickness he told me to inoculate the youngsters at 5 days old for PMV and Para typhus and i would not have any more health issues with them ,if i encounter problems this year will definitely follow that procedure next .

 

wondered how much cinamon you used?

[OLDYELLOW]

I used a teaspoon of cinnamon on there feed with live natural yoghurt and a handful of garden lime and juice of one lemon and a small amount of ground nut oil

[yeboah]

wondered how much cinamon you used?

Used one teaspoon of cinnamon mixed over feed with one teaspoon live yogurt,also one teaspoon cinnamon in drinker mix well looks messy but works ,had been giving antibiotic with not to good results felt it was knocking the guts out of the young they have responded much better reverting to the cheap option and are starting to resemble what a youngster should look like ,but got to agree far to many jumping them back in before they are fully recovered 2 weeks def not enough,just passing the problem to others ,you only have to look at fellow fanciers returns and times at clock checking (every picture tells a story )no substitute for the truth .

[frank-123]

was using cinnamon mixed with lemon juice twice a week on the food it never worked for me i still got ybs

[PIGEON_MAN]

Xerek - YBS gone within 6 hours.

AS ANYONE TRIED THIS SEEMS SO SIMPLE AND QUICK.

[yeboah]

was using cinnamon mixed with lemon juice twice a week on the food it never worked for me i still got ybs

Quite right not a preventative but def helps once they have it ,think if someone comes up with a 100% preventative they will become a millionaire (working on it )

 

AS ANYONE TRIED THIS SEEMS SO SIMPLE AND QUICK.

WHERE IS IT AVAILABLE FROM .

[frank-123]

Quite right not a preventative but def helps once they have it ,think if someone comes up with a 100% preventative they will become a millionaire (working on it )

 

mike i used a product from medpet it done the trick kev winters said there is nothing you can do against a virus but treat secondary infections

although i will jag my young birds in the nest next year for paratyphoid

[PIGEON_MAN]

Quite right not a preventative but def helps once they have it ,think if someone comes up with a 100% preventative they will become a millionaire (working on it )

 

 

WHERE IS IT AVAILABLE FROM .

XEREK is a product developed by Bilco back a few years ago,the guy who sells the Airoguard ioniser at the shows usually as it on his stall,never had to use it myself but often thought about buying a couple of packets just in case,perhaps BILCO can give us some info.on this product.

[yeboah]

mike i used a product from medpet it done the trick kev winters said there is nothing you can do against a virus but treat secondary infections

although i will jag my young birds in the nest next year for paratyphoid

Used the same product and it was the best ,but sadly for us fanciers that has come to an end

[frank-123]

Used the same product and it was the best ,but sadly for us fanciers that has come to an end

 

found out last night really shocked hope all goes well for kevin in the future

[yeboah]

found out last night really shocked hope all goes well for kevin in the future

Always the same when someone helps us at working man's prices ,it upsets to many o the big boys all they want to do is rip us off

[frank-123]

Always the same when someone helps us at working man's prices ,it upsets to many o the big boys all they want to do is rip us off

 

to true Michael down to jealousy hopefully he will still keep helping us out i for one will be back if he is still going strong after September

i learned so much from a visit last month i was well impressed with his knowledge of pigeons and my problems

[geordie1234]

what happend to the guy?

[frank-123]

what happend to the guy?

 

defra took him to court where he plead guilty and he will find out his sentence next month

[geordie1234]

defra took him to court where he plead guilty and he will find out his sentence next month

for what diagnosing doos and treating them?

[frank-123]

for what diagnosing doos and treating them?

 

 

defra has been cracking down on unlicensed products over the last few years

because we need to pay over the odds from a vet that doesn't have a clue about pigeons

[geordie1234]

defra has been cracking down on unlicensed products over the last few years

because we need to pay over the odds from a vet that doesn't have a clue about pigeons

so another nail in the coffin for us all

[just ask me]

defra has been cracking down on unlicensed products over the last few years

because we need to pay over the odds from a vet that doesn't have a clue about pigeons

 

 

also they watch sites lads so just be careful about giving names on the forum etc

[Guest Dorset-lad]

Went down to loft yesterday found that my youngbirds have YBS, There last feed was sunday at 11 oclock so should i give them a light feed today of barley or leave them another 24hrs ? the thing is there was 6 birds out of 30 being sick the others are starving. any advice please regards Brian