Medicine for respiratory illness

[Pentatonchix]

We gave our hen with mycoplasma doxy (in a grape), which seemed to do the trick. I'm not sure if antibiotics are safe for chicks though.

 

[MamaPoult]

A pet playpen tent in the basement. It was a teeny bit drafty down there so I blocked the drafts off today. I also put a small electric heater in the room and a dehumidifier to get any moisture. I changed the pine shavings back to paper towels, and they have a heat lamp and a brooder plate.

Hmm maybe something in your house? Air fresheners, flowers, dust, other pet dandruf...

 

[The Welch Chickens]

mycoplasma doxy

"doxy" as in doxycycline? That is an ingredient in the medicine I posted.

 

[SourRoses]

Here is my thread about my chicks' illness: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicks-sneezing-often-respiratory-infection.1616430/

It started with one chick sneezing last night, then three more started sneezing this morning, and possibly some more by this afternoon, though I haven't counted. Wet, frequent sneezes, not a normal kind. The first chick that was sneezing last night sounds stuffy. None have any of the symptoms you listed as far as I know.

Ok.

If I were you, I'd get them out of the basement. There may be absolutely nothing wrong with it, it could be viral, as someone suggested. But if there is something environmental going on, it's the easiest thing to find out by moving them. Do you have a spare closet or space in a laundry room where they could stay?

That DAC medicine your mom had suggested to her sounds pretty good.

The problem with respiratory illness is that they can range from mild to deadly. Somewhere on here someone has a link to a symptom comparison chart. All those links are on my broken laptop so I'm trying to think of where it is.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

Hmm maybe something in your house? Air fresheners, flowers, dust, other pet dandruf...

I doubt it. The basement is unfinished, so definitely no air fresheners or flowers. Our cat used to spend the night there, so there probably is some dander and dust

 

[The Welch Chickens]

If I were you, I'd get them out of the basement. There may be absolutely nothing wrong with it, it could be viral, as someone suggested. But if there is something environmental going on, it's the easiest thing to find out by moving them. Do you have a spare closet or space in a laundry room where they could stay?

We could move them, yes. This is the first year we've kept chicks in the basement and when our other set of chicks was upstairs they were perfectly healthy.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

A frequent source can be the feed. It's worth checking your feed carefully, moldy feed doesn't always look apparent at first glance. Smell it compared to fresh feed.

I smelled the chick feed, it smells fresh just like our adult feed.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

I have not. This is my go to though!

Is this echinacea extract? I’d like to buy some.

Is it similar to this?

 

[MamaPoult]

Is this echinacea extract? I’d like to buy some.

Is it similar to this?

Yeah that would be fine! Hope your birds get better❤