- Aug 5, 2010
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K i posted with a sickRIR yesterday.
been out to the coop this morning at least 5 more showing signs
im gonna follow the suggestions on this one and fill in as much as i can
1) What type of bird , age and weight. RIR,EE's 8 months old, silkies and 2 frizzled polish approx 7 months old
2) What is the behavior, exactly. goopy eyes for most right now, some sneezing, My worst RIR eyes swollen, some clear nasal drainage.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? 1RIR 2 days, the rest 1 day to just now
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? yes
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.no,
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. We added silkie and polish after quarentine, hawk attack 5 days ago(we lost one silkie). Added bird netting to the top.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. All are on flock raiser with calcium available free feed. Cracked corn,BOSS assorted kitchen treats(apple pear pumpkin bread ends) a quick check... most are eating and wanting to be out in the run, cept for one that her eyes are so gooped up she cant see.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.Normal as far as i can tell, no blood ,no worm segments,nor whole worms
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? for the worst RIR, pulled out of group so i could ungoop her eyes and give supportive measures. Organic yogurt, duramicin-10 syringe fed and pedilyte.with one dose of baby vit during the day yesterday.
(she seems a bit better this morning). I will be going back out to the coop to un-goop the rest so their eyes can open at least, add the baby poly vi sol to their water and start cleaning.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? Its my whole flock of 19 in the yard and also now signs of it in my brooder in the garage with 6 approx 5 weeks old pullets. I am gonna have to treat myself.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. no pic at the moment, but i will get some on here.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
pine bedding,will be changing that out today just in case.
We just had the first cold snap of the year here in michigan, sounds to me very much like the ms/mg, I though a cold as soon as i saw them, since chickens cant get head colds. this is what im leaning towards. All of the older girls come from our local tractor supply this past spring, my silks came from another backyard chicken member, and my 5 week old chicks are a combor of a my pet chicken order and yet another farm that i now know has questionable husbandry practices.
Im new to all of this, and shocked at how fast this has gotten outta control. There seems to be nothing i can do for my chickens except supportive care. Should i sacrifice one to find out what is wrong? if they survive this will i ever be able to eat the eggs again? we give the eggs to family and friends, i dont want to get anyone sick.
Ack! my joy of raising chickens factor just went from 10 to 2.
Noelg
been out to the coop this morning at least 5 more showing signs
im gonna follow the suggestions on this one and fill in as much as i can
1) What type of bird , age and weight. RIR,EE's 8 months old, silkies and 2 frizzled polish approx 7 months old
2) What is the behavior, exactly. goopy eyes for most right now, some sneezing, My worst RIR eyes swollen, some clear nasal drainage.
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? 1RIR 2 days, the rest 1 day to just now
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms? yes
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.no,
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation. We added silkie and polish after quarentine, hawk attack 5 days ago(we lost one silkie). Added bird netting to the top.
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all. All are on flock raiser with calcium available free feed. Cracked corn,BOSS assorted kitchen treats(apple pear pumpkin bread ends) a quick check... most are eating and wanting to be out in the run, cept for one that her eyes are so gooped up she cant see.
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.Normal as far as i can tell, no blood ,no worm segments,nor whole worms
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far? for the worst RIR, pulled out of group so i could ungoop her eyes and give supportive measures. Organic yogurt, duramicin-10 syringe fed and pedilyte.with one dose of baby vit during the day yesterday.
(she seems a bit better this morning). I will be going back out to the coop to un-goop the rest so their eyes can open at least, add the baby poly vi sol to their water and start cleaning.
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet? Its my whole flock of 19 in the yard and also now signs of it in my brooder in the garage with 6 approx 5 weeks old pullets. I am gonna have to treat myself.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help. no pic at the moment, but i will get some on here.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
pine bedding,will be changing that out today just in case.
We just had the first cold snap of the year here in michigan, sounds to me very much like the ms/mg, I though a cold as soon as i saw them, since chickens cant get head colds. this is what im leaning towards. All of the older girls come from our local tractor supply this past spring, my silks came from another backyard chicken member, and my 5 week old chicks are a combor of a my pet chicken order and yet another farm that i now know has questionable husbandry practices.
Im new to all of this, and shocked at how fast this has gotten outta control. There seems to be nothing i can do for my chickens except supportive care. Should i sacrifice one to find out what is wrong? if they survive this will i ever be able to eat the eggs again? we give the eggs to family and friends, i dont want to get anyone sick.
Ack! my joy of raising chickens factor just went from 10 to 2.
Noelg