- Apr 28, 2012
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Hello, if someone could give me advice I could really use it!
I got my first chickens two Saturdays ago. It turned out that they had mites so I dusted them with Sevin dust and completely cleaned out the coop. I put a little Sevin Dust at the bottom of the coop and covered with Pine Shavings. The next day I dusted them a little with and mixed a little DE into their shavings. I was letting them out during the day (temp 80) and then putting them up in their coop for the night. The last two nights I used a heat lamp on them at night and the last two days I have kept them inside the coop because it was windy outside and I was afraid it would be too cold for them. They are not fully feathered and are about 4 to 6 weeks old.
The youngest chicken (houdan) started getting a runny nose last week, and the other nostril became stopped up. I started using Vetrx in the water this weekend and rubbing it on all of their beaks. I started them on electrolytes yesterday as well. One of my other chickens (polish) has been sneezing and also has a runny nose. She was making a funny breathing sound as well. She sounds a little better today though. However, I just checked on my youngest chicken and she has one eye closed and appears very tired. When she tried to walk it looked like she was drunk. Around her right eye it seems to be a little red and maybe watery. Her right nostril is stopped up as well. I had her drink some electrolyte water and she would drink that, but she wouldn't eat. This chicken Always will eat food out of my hand like crazy. She barely looked at it now.
What should I do? Should I start them on antibiotics? If so, what? Do you think it is respiratory?? I have not given them any medicine since I have had them. Should I put saline solution in her eye? Give her some yogurt?? Please Help!
I got my first chickens two Saturdays ago. It turned out that they had mites so I dusted them with Sevin dust and completely cleaned out the coop. I put a little Sevin Dust at the bottom of the coop and covered with Pine Shavings. The next day I dusted them a little with and mixed a little DE into their shavings. I was letting them out during the day (temp 80) and then putting them up in their coop for the night. The last two nights I used a heat lamp on them at night and the last two days I have kept them inside the coop because it was windy outside and I was afraid it would be too cold for them. They are not fully feathered and are about 4 to 6 weeks old.
The youngest chicken (houdan) started getting a runny nose last week, and the other nostril became stopped up. I started using Vetrx in the water this weekend and rubbing it on all of their beaks. I started them on electrolytes yesterday as well. One of my other chickens (polish) has been sneezing and also has a runny nose. She was making a funny breathing sound as well. She sounds a little better today though. However, I just checked on my youngest chicken and she has one eye closed and appears very tired. When she tried to walk it looked like she was drunk. Around her right eye it seems to be a little red and maybe watery. Her right nostril is stopped up as well. I had her drink some electrolyte water and she would drink that, but she wouldn't eat. This chicken Always will eat food out of my hand like crazy. She barely looked at it now.
What should I do? Should I start them on antibiotics? If so, what? Do you think it is respiratory?? I have not given them any medicine since I have had them. Should I put saline solution in her eye? Give her some yogurt?? Please Help!