YB not too well............?

this yb hasnt looked well for the last couple of days since they came off the dark, droppings are watery i think if they are from this bird..........dont think they are from another. bird looks hunched and crop seems as tho corn always in it, could it be sour crop.....? how do i treat if it is.....?

Put some cider vinegar in the water that should help 1 tea spun to ltr of water

hi ginger, these droppings are from this bird i think......the nearer firmer droppings are from the day before which havnt been scraped out when i took the picture but the watery droppings towards the back of the box are this morning when i first went in the loft, ive took the bird out and got it in a basket now.




could it be yb sickness.....?

I dont no I have never seen it over here so I cant say to much about it what you could do is dont feed it for 24 hours water with cider vinegar but no food

no ive never seen it before ginger, the picture looks worse than it actually was but the droppings were still very watery and i didnt want to leaver it with the others or it could go through the lot of them...............ill try what you said ginger and see what happens.

You could even use salt blocks in the loft to help to make the droppings firm up

but any idea whats causing it don.....? seems like the bird isnt digesting its food.

David,have you changed the corn or make of corn?????

don, yes but it was about 4 weeks ago........added 1/3rd barley to yb and widowhood mix.

Don Webb wrote:

You could even use salt blocks in the loft to help to make the droppings firm up

these did not work for me or ray so i cant recommend these

only my opinion, but the use of salt blocks wont cure an ailment. the salt will dry droppings yes but that is just masking the problem, also is the use of saltblock dehydrating the birds?

mick.

Mick you have something there but will say, with salt blocks as long as the birds don't take to much salt in take then this will prevent too much intake of water which can cause watery droppings also

a sure way of identifying sour crop is to open its beak and have a sniff of its breath.if its foul then you need to flush the bird out.if no smell then i would sugest worms or coccidiosis.

The best thing for cocci which helps keep the count down is "Live Yogurt"

the only way to find out david is get them tested i got mine tested last year
only cost me a fiver . but i would not feed for 24 hrs then a light feed with some natural yougart
mixed in the drinker or use some yakult drink you get in the super market put one small container
in the drinker every day keeps them sound .

Spot on there Ken