antibiotics

Do I need to discard the eggs if my rooster (who got antibiotics) mates with my hens? ( hens did not get antibiotics)

My 14 month old hen Sonara had a bad mite infection, I got that cleared up about a week ago. but then she stopped eating and drinking. I see no signs of worms. Mites are gone. Breathing seems OK. Initially, I suspected she was anemic. I started her on tylosin, tube feeding (2-3's x a day...

Hello! I have a 4-5ish month old small rooster that started sneezing and sounding gurgly, so I have been giving one 250mg Fish Mox in water (large cup amount) everyday for 4 days now and I haven’t noticed any improvements. I’ve also applied vet rx. He has very soft stool with a lot of liquid...

Hi, I hope you’re all fine! As you might know I have a 3year old female pekin called Cookie that has been having laying issue since a few months ago. She has an unknown reproductive issue that started suddenly and cannot lay normally, her egg is shell-less and has crazy shapes. She also passes a...

I'm curious about whether anyone has ever had a skin biopsy done on their duck. I am trying to figure out next steps for my Pekin duck Penny who has some sort of bacterial skin infection. She's been to see an avian vet twice now. She's tried 5 different antibiotics, injectable meds for...

The following did work for my chicken Swollen eye, closed by eye lid swelling, weeping, the smell of necrotic tissue. Read on and you will find out why it got that far along. Early intervention is best. 7.00 Baytril 2.5% Injection. Given 0.6 mL orally twice a day for 5 days (crop feeding)...

Hi everyone! I mentioned in my intro post that I'm currently helping my favorite chicken Chelsea back to health after a hawk attack. She lost all the feathers on her back and under her wings quite a bit. I think the hawk was scared off by the neighbors dog. Anyway her neck is badly damaged as...

I have a young hen, 7 months old, that began sneezing and rattling a few weeks ago. I quarantined her and she seemed better after a week so I returned her to the flock thinking maybe it was allergies. After 2 days she was stick again. Quarantined her again for two weeks. She still sneezed...

Help! I'm at a loss on this one as I have never experienced it before. Half of my chickens face was swollen. I started with Vetericyn, then benadryl (1 dose), then Terramycin (7 days). It has been 11 days since the swelling started. It has decreased, but it's not gone. I pulled 'something'...

Greetings everyone! When our chickens undergo an antibiotics treatment (say Amoxicillin), we cannot eat their eggs for the duration of their treatment, followed by a 7-day egg withdrawal period. We just end up throwing their eggs away for about 2-3 weeks, which feels so wasteful. 1. Can we...

We had five chicks that were about three months old. When we moved them outdoors, one of them started dramatically tilting its head to the side. We were worried that it was due to stress from being moved outdoors, so we took her back inside where she had been living before we moved her out. She...

Hello! I am new to raising chickens (and ducks). About a month after introducing 4 new pullets to our flock of 10 ducks, I noticed one of them had a swollen eye. I quarantined her for a while and was treating naturally for coryza (colloidal silver, garlic, ACV). She seemed better, except for...

Hypothetical: If someone contracts Salmonella, there's a good chance that it came from one of their chickens. Most likely from their poop since if they had it in their system showing symptoms it would be obvious and be treated. I assume if it is carried only in their poop it doesn't effect...

I have a little lavender orphington that's about 9 weeks. She has struggled since she was about a week old and I'm still not sure what is wrong. She started to act sick around 1 week, eyes closed, squinting, and sleepy but no other symptoms, no drainage, nothing. I treated my flock with corid...

I'd like to start a discussion on the implications of antibiotic use, more specifically antibiotic resistance. I think that when treating chickens for diseases, we need to be careful on what antibiotics are used and how often they are used. An antibiotic shouldn't be used as a "general cure"...

Hello everyone. Let me start off by saying I just started treating my flock of hens with ivermectin paste and water dissolvable antibiotics 3 days ago due to either gape worm or a respiratory infection. I lost the original hen that started showing signs but all others seem to be stabilized now...

I think we need more bird vets and universal vet care. Took our sick hen who has no appetite, has some diarhea and a crop full of liquid that is not emptying overnight. Vet was nice but really is a cat and dog vet. She said the hens crop felt squishy because it was empty. I think empty crops...

Hi ,my chooks possibly have signs of CRD either that or gape worm maybe, sneezing, coughing, one is rattly in the chest (wheezy kind of) so lv disinfected everything and cleaned out all the bedding etc and put them on a bird antibiotic, (avicycline c) question is, is it okay for chicks to...

I recently had a sick emu, Kali, but through intervention his symptoms have cleared and he's happy again. I decided to share the details for posterity, in case anyone else has a sick emu with similar symptoms and needed a point of reference. Symptoms: He's always been a very small/skinny bird...