Should I Quarantine/Treat Ybs ?

[AlphaAl]

Hi lads, I'm looking for some advice or tips on what you all do or would do. Iv been keeping & showning fancy pigeons for a few years & iv never dosed or treated any YBs until a week or 2 before a show for canker, trico, etc & the pmv vaccine. But any new birds iv ever bought I have quarantined them for about a month & treated them for every thing before the ever got near my other birds.

 

Now I'm only starting out with racers & I have just weaned 5 chicks & put them in YB loft,i don't want to treat them for anything till about 2 weeks before the race season or as soon as I get pmv vaccine, cause I'm a believer in letting their imune system build up. So my question is iv just got 5 more chicks off someone, I'll keep them in a cage for 2 days just to see how their getting on, But should I worm them at least or what would you advice me to do, sorry about the long write up, but its just something iv never done before & I know I can't quarantine Ybs for to long cause they'll get to strong & will miss out on getting use to the loft regime & stuff, so any help would be great, cheers

Al

[Guest geordiejen]

you are quite right to let the birds get there immine system going and i wouldnt worm them only canker when weaning.however you should get them jabbed for pmv before they are let out to fly and its a must if they are to be raced.you should not be racing pigeons which havent been jabbed.your local club will give you advice on this.

[AlphaAl]

Yeah Ill defo give them the pmv jabb, not sure what's going on here with it the vaccine I'm waiting for the club to come back too me with some info.

 

What would your advice be on adding the new additions to the YB loft ?

[Guest chad3646]

Yeah Ill defo give them the pmv jabb, not sure what's going on here with it the vaccine I'm waiting for the club to come back too me with some info.

 

What would your advice be on adding the new additions to the YB loft ?

 

 

 

you would isolate them obviously then take it from there

[gulkie]

I must disagree with the comments made I would worm the young birds and jab them

As soon as pos and get them to-gether I believe young birds carry worms and canker

From the nest JMO.

[scottym7]

if i bring any new bird in i worm cocci & canker them always as gives me piece of mind

[AlphaAl]

if i bring any new bird in i worm cocci & canker them always as gives me piece of mind

 

 

And how do you do it ?, as in I use the liquid or powder form, cause that's what I have their, but each one has to be dosed over a few days, so it takes more then a week to treat, so they might be a bit strong & flighty by the time I put then with the rest, would you think ?

[Guest geordiejen]

i think all pmv vaccines its a 2 week period,this is so the vaccine has time to work on the pigeons immune system.

[scottym7]

And how do you do it ?, as in I use the liquid or powder form, cause that's what I have their, but each one has to be dosed over a few days, so it takes more then a week to treat, so they might be a bit strong & flighty by the time I put then with the rest, would you think ?

 

 

Harkers 3 in 1 tablets, they make life quick and easy

[AlphaAl]

Harkers 3 in 1 tablets, they make life quick and easy

 

 

Brilliant mate, I'll look into getting some of that, just to have, sounds like it would take alot of the hassel out of it, cheers

[AlphaAl]

Ok iv ordered the harkers 3 in 1, & have decided to just give the new birds the tabs for now just to be safe & will do my own birds just before the trainning with other birds starts.

[scottym7]

Cool you will not regret it.

[AlphaAl]

Ok I got the harkers tabs, gave my 11ybs one, & while I was giving the 5 new ybs I noticed under the top beak of one had yellow gunk ( canker maybe ) so iv isolated him, should I put the other 4 which could not see anything in mouth or throat in the yb loft now or what do you lads think ? How long do the tabs take to kick in, cheers

Al

[dwh]

personally i would use a treatment specific canker treatment isolate the 5 new and treat all

a lot of these 3 in 1 are of a lower dosage