Update:
I dewormed with Ivermectin & I'm betting that helped them with overall healthiness. However, they were still sneezing.
You know what I've realized? I think the sneezing was the Coryza acting up.
Oxytetracycline helped with their Coryza before, so I did 3 days of .5 cc of Liquamycin...
Thank you!!!!
I've been planning to deworm again (I did a few months ago with Wazine), but had forgotten. I just now put out some ivermectin paste & will give them some.
The rooster had a very foamy poop a few days ago, & I've read that can sometimes be a sign of worms, so maybe deworming is...
Update--
Thank you everyone for your ideas & good wishes! It SO helps to get these from other chicken people who understand & can help in sorting things out & who also care.
I decided to give Baytril another go at a stronger dose.
Baytril had brought some significant improvements, & I thought...
In recent months, I'd tried treating the chickens with several classes of medicines Tetracyclines, Macrolides, a Sulfa med, and Oxine. I've given lots of health-boosting foods, supplements & probiotics amongst the treatments, and given breaks of a few days between trying different antibiotics...
CELEBRATION!!!!!!!!!!
My two hens that hadn't laid eggs in over a YEAR started laying again this week!!! And my rooster is finally back to breeding! (He hadn't much for months.)
You can just imagine my surprised delight when I walked outside the other day and was greeted by "the egg song."...