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4/12/12 at 9:25pm
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My poor black sex link has been sneezing for 2 1/2 weeks.  She wasn't showing any other signs until today when I let her out of the coop.  One side of her face is swollen.  There is a membrane that is completely covering her eye.  She now has an eye discharge and a nasal discharge.  I took her to the local vet (who admitted he didn't see too many chickens) and he found her to be very thin.  (I'm new to chickens so I didn't know anything was wrong!)  He put her on cephalexin twice a day.  I'm just wondering if anyone has any experience with this particular antibiotic or if I should use something else for this particular infection.  Also, should I treat all the other birds in my flock with antibiotics? Thanks for any input.  DSC_0556.JPG

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post #2 of 2
4/13/12 at 4:12am

Cephalexin is an antibiotic. I've used it before with my dogs for ear infections, worked good. It might work for your sick Black Star, but not if it's a viral infection.

Keep your bird seperated from the others. Dont handle your sick bird and then pick up one of your other healthy birds. Most likely you are dealing with a respiratory disease and it is contageous to other birds, all the symptoms are there.

If there's a foul odor around her head, it coryza. No foul odor, most likely it's mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) or infectious bronchitis (IBV.)

Here's a link for you to read. Scroll down and read about these diseases I mentioned. Symptoms are basically the same for each one, except coryza (foul odor.) I suspect MG.

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044

Another link about MG:

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps034


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