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Does anyone know the breed of these two ducks please? I hatched them earlier this year. Not sure what their sex is either! Any help would be great! Thanks!
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One of my two year old hens who has always been healthy suddenly went very quiet and off her food. She was happily foraging around the garden with the rest of the flock and the next day I noticed that she remained perched in the coop all alone. She seemed a bit jumpy and she wouldn't move...
Hi, if it's mycoplasma then the antibiotics are usually added to the water. Mycoplasma causes respiratory disease and foamy eye is one of the symptoms. Denagard is a good broad spectrum antibiotic that we use in the UK and the whole flock is treated together. Look it up online. We also use...
I've checked with my poultry vet. He said it's more likely to be genetic rather than Mareks or it's the bird putting on too much weight too quickly.
Thanks for your replies.
No probs. keep a close eye to see if any other symptoms develop. Also keep a watch on the other hens eyes over the coming weeks just in case. Mycoplasma has an incubation period. Hopefully it's nothing serious.
Hi, foamy eye is often indicative of 'mycoplasma' which is a respiratory disease. However, it could also mean other things, and given that she was pecked in that eye it may be a reaction to the pecking (not sure though). If it is mycoplasma, you should isolate her and decide whether to treat...
Hi thank you for your replies. The flock already has multivitamins in their water as they were recently treated with antibiotics for mycoplasma. I read that curly toe syndrome can be caused by a deficiency in B2 Riboflavin. Should I administer this particular vitamin to this cockerel alone? If...
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One of my young cockerels was perfectly fine and healthy, but overnight he developed curled toes and cannot walk on his feet. He stumbles around though. I really don't know what has caused this. We did have mycoplasma in the flock recently but he showed no clinical symptoms, although he...
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I was given this pullet as a chick and was told she is a bluebelle. Can anyone confirm if she is please? Is the salmon markings on her chest typical?
Thanks
Kris
Thanks yes they've now been started on antibiotics. No there's no bad smell coming from their head area - the discharge from their nostrils is clear too. I'm hoping I caught this in time. This Dengard antibiotic is supposedly also able to prevent/control vertical transmission in breeding. It's...
Thank you for your replies. It does look quite scary really how rapid it spreads through the flock. I just took two of them to the vet (who is a poultry specialist vet). He said it's likely to be either infectious bronchitis or mycoplasma. The cockerel was given an injection in his breast to...
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One of my most active cockerels has suddenly become quite disshevelled and looks miserable. He has swelling under his eye and swelling in only one of his wattles. His face is also pale and I think there is some clear discharge from his nostrils. His eyes are clear but his crow is not his...