SJchickens
Songster
I have some kind of disease in my flock, probably a bacterial infection. The biggest sign is that the infected hens start laying soft-shelled or shell-less eggs, usually on the droppings board at night after a day of nesting activity (with no egg produced) Then they become lethargic, tired, lose weight, and eventually death. They also have diarrhea. I've had one death so far, two other birds have shown signs since then. Disease responds to antibiotic but comes back after treatment stops.
I came to the conclusion that it may be worms, and after treating them with ivermectin they seemed to improve a bit (maybe it was just my imagination) but now they're sick again.
How do I proceed from here?
EDIT: treated them with Sulfadimethoxine and then when that didn't get rid of it, Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride. They responded to both. I know it isn't good to randomly medicate but I was desperate-
I came to the conclusion that it may be worms, and after treating them with ivermectin they seemed to improve a bit (maybe it was just my imagination) but now they're sick again.
How do I proceed from here?
EDIT: treated them with Sulfadimethoxine and then when that didn't get rid of it, Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride. They responded to both. I know it isn't good to randomly medicate but I was desperate-
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