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[StinkyAcres]

@Peafowl_lover10 Where in general do you live?

 

[Eggcessive]

The OP is requesting information for peafowl in case you missed that. In our large flight pens where it is not feasible to individually catch and oral dose every bird we use Valbazen in the water, and it is effective. We use 20 ml per gallon for two days in a row, repeating in ten days. We dose current year chicks monthly until winter sets in. Breeder pens are dosed in a wet mash, either Valbazen or Safeguard, at two ml per hen and three ml per cock twice per year.

I have used Valbazen for over 13 years. Yes, it is water soluble, but it is a suspension, and settles out in the water. So for that reason alone, it is supposed to be given orally to each bird or in a small amount of food for the one bird. I have spent a lot of time getting the bottle to mix well after it has set. The sludge at the bottom is hard to mix at first. I shake it well for a few minutes, and again for a brief time between each dose that I draw up in a syringe. Otherwise, the dosage will be not enough.

 

[KsKingBee]

I have used Valbazen for over 13 years. Yes, it is water soluble, but it is a suspension, and settles out in the water. So for that reason alone, it is supposed to be given orally to each bird or in a small amount of food for the one bird. I have spent a lot of time getting the bottle to mix well after it has set. The sludge at the bottom is hard to mix at first. I shake it well for a few minutes, and again for a brief time between each dose that I draw up in a syringe. Otherwise, the dosage will be not enough.

Agreed, but it is still effective the way I described. The white residue left in the bottom of the bucket is not necessarily the active ingredient. I do my own fecal exams and used to test after my treatments in water which became unnecessary as there were no more eggs on the slide three days after treatment.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Can you not take them off the roost at night like we do chickens?

 

[KsKingBee]

Can you not take them off the roost at night like we do chickens?

It depends on the situation but I have never had luck doing that. Peafowl are very flighty at night and are prone to injuries when they flush up against the ceiling. Broken necks are heartbreaking.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

It depends on the situation but I have never had luck doing that. Peafowl are very flighty at night and are prone to injuries when they flush up against the ceiling. Broken necks are heartbreaking.

Ah yeah, I can see you can't risk that.