I live on Beautiful Whidbey Island Washington ! Have about 35 Black Copper and Wheaton Marans chicken's! They are known for laying a darker egg! Have four dog's and two cat's! My youngest son is a Chihuahua named Toby!
Well was holding a Hen and saw a tiny red bug crawling on her! Got my glasses on and found more!!! One even looked like it was under her skin! Are these Red Mites? Could this cause the sneezing? I dusted her with DE I had laying around and tomorrow off to the feed store! Never had bugs of any...
Tried 1 capful of Denagard per Gal. for 4 day's! Most but not all stopted sneezing! Gave them a week off the meds, now someone told me to try 4 Cc's per Quart for 5 day's! Cleaned everything! They seem fine just the sneezing! Someone in my area thinks they have the same thing Microplasma.
I've ordered the Tylan! Is this the same medicine as Denagard or Tiamutin? what else can i do as far as cleaning the coop's where they are sneezing? And do I throw out the egg's?
I have three different coops and all the birds are sneezing! Sadly I do use the same buckets to feed a three! They are sneezing, running noses ( some have what looks like white feathers on the face and top of the head but it could be snott! Some are making a congested sound and most are...