Recent content by FandangoRanch

Another option for Mycoplasma is Oxytetracycline. Mycoplasma is gram negative and has no cell walls. Therefore, any antibiotic that attacks cell walls is ineffective. Oxytetracycline and Tiamulin attack the protein and is therefore effective. There is one other drug but I do not call at the...

Some more good information on this thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/207448/treating-botulism-updated-rip-spike

wmroth, this site is quite informative http://www.avianweb.com/botulism.html My bird would not eat or drink on her own for quite some time. In fact I had to use a spoon to feed her wet medicated chick starter with apple cider vinegar, yoghurt and poultry vitamins. She has progressed to...

I am no expert but I would not rule out botulism and that needs to be treated quickly. I am dealing with it and learning. The toxin needs to be flushed out to prevent further neurological damage. It starts in the legs, typically the right leg and progresses to the wings and then to the...

I am very new to chickens and when I discovered something that sounds similar, it was the crop. I did not know there even was such a thing as a crop. Could this be the case with your chicken? If you are a newbie like me, I thought that could be possible. If you are not a newbie like me, then...

I am also dealing with a Botulism chick. It has been 5 weeks so about the same time as your chick? I would love to know how it is going for you.

Just thought I would share a picture of Milo Chicken and Milo Kitten. Milo Chicken was doing her wing flapping thing and ended up with her wing over Milo Kitten, who seemed pretty fine with that. Best friends <3

Update on 'Milo'. It is day 24 and she is just over 10 weeks old now. She still cannot stand but I have been putting her in the chicken yard with the other 9 healthy chicks for short periods during the day with access to her mushy food. The other chicks are not picking on her but her best...

I have her mainly on medicated chick starter which I mix with water and vitamin supplements and apple cider vinegar. I give her bits of spinach or chard and some sand with tiny pebbles. I also give her yoghurt and of course the egg yolk.

Well we just made it through day 18. Milo loves egg yolk. She just devours it. No real change in her. I strung her up yesterday in a kind of hammock with her feet on a twig. They would slide off sometimes but I thought it would be a nice change for her. She seems to enjoy it. I will try...

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044 I found this on an old thread and am posting it for anyone needing diagnostic help and are not aware of this site.

Thank you, PokeyMomma. I am so glad I found your post. It gives me a lot of hope. This chick is my 3 year old grandson's chosen bird who he named himself so it's extra frightening. He lives 3 hours from me so he has not yet seen Milo since she got sick. He will be here next week and I am...

I agree with your thoughts that it is not really paralysis. That is the same with Milo. She struggles hard and kicks her legs. It seems like she is able to hold just a little bit of her weight now and she has some resistance in her legs, not much in her toes though but it sometimes seems a...

Wow! Now I am wondering if this is what I am dealing with. We did the same thing with feeding them earthworms and then my 6 week old SLW suddenly became too weak in the legs to stand but at the same time my Buff Orpington got sick with entirely different symptoms and I was looking for...

Is there anyone who knows what I should be doing please?