Thank you so much for your prompt reply. I have reached out to Texas A&M and am looking to get tested for Mycoplasma. So appreciate folks like you who are willing to help.
I gave tylosin powder in water for 7 days and have been throwing out eggs for the next two weeks. Today was my first day to be able to collect eggs and I just now found one chicken "gurgling" and the rooster is lethargic and crusty eyed. I thought everyone was getting better but now this...
do you know the amounts? there are no instructions on here
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/tylan-50-for-the-whole-flock.1534816/
I apologize - I find the answer here: .25ml per pound of weight given 3 times a day for 5 days in a row. I hope this is accurate
Additional question: should I assume sick chickens are not laying and, therefore, we can eat the eggs I have today? Or should I wait to find out what I am dealing with?
I realize once I start antibiotics I cannot eat eggs
I've depended on this website for years to answer all my chicken questions. Finally made it official today. We have a variety of chickens plus mutts. We raise chickens for eggs. They are free-ranged on five acres. We had to quit naming them a long time ago.
I've called the vet but am not sure when they will get back to me. We have two chickens with eye gunk, one chicken who is laying down a lot, and another with a crackling in her lungs. I am thinking some kind of respiratory issue. I (for some reason) have a bottle of Tylan 50 Injection. I think...