My Silkie is head shaking

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How do you fix the resporatory infection? How much dust do you use? I have noticed some of my chickens doing these...
Symptoms:
Head thing
Scratch their face
crusty noses
sometimes on Funkey I can hear him breathing
poo on their buts ?? Pasty butt.

respiratory infection: get some Baytril, follow directions carefully. available at Tractor Supply, etc.

you can check for mites by looking around their faces and vets (butt). look for anything crawling around or eggs attached to the feather shafts. if they have mites it should be pretty obvious.

use as much dust as you need to get it all between their feathers. sometimes it's best to try to dust them in the evening when they are roosting (easier to catch them all) try your best not to get it in their eyes and not to stir it up too much to prevent them from breathing more of it in than you can help.

repeat dusting them after a week. also dust the entire area where the birds sleep/roost and spend their time, you wanna make sure you get it EVERYWHERE. mites like to hide in cracks and bedding. this will only help with feather/skin mites, not scaly leg mites. for those you need to massage petroleum jelly on their legs until it clears up. adding permethrin to the petroleum jelly will help clear them up faster.

hope this help​