My hen is healing up after being attacked by a hawk, and I think that by keeping her inside, I've given her my cold. I checked on her this morning and she was making small wheezing sounds, which she had never done before. Can anyone suggest some antibiotics (that are safe for laying hens) that I...
just wondering if anyone has any experience with an antibiotic called ilium Sulprim?
It was prescribed for a sick layer, with quite advanced respiratory illness. However, on the lable it clearly states "Do not use on birds producing eggs for human consumption". But on another section it states...
Since my go to antibiotic, Duramycin 10, is no longer sold in stores I need to know what I can now use for an antibiotic, and where to get it. No injectables, unless it can be given orally. I need an antibiotic for a duck with an advanced case of bumblefoot.
We have a pullet who has been sick for a while with what we think is a respiratory infection. She stopped making noise about a month ago, and started craning her head forward with her beak open a lot, which kind of looks like she's struggling to breathe. She has a good appetite though, and is...
So last night i had a horrid experience. Luckily I was awake until about 2:30am when I heard a horrifying cry from my chook. I quickly ran downstairs and outside only to find 3 rackoons attacking my chooks. One of them had my alpha female by the head/neck and I thought she was dead for sure...
My 6 month old rooster came down with a nasty respritory infection last weekend so I put the entire flock on 800 mg dose of Tetroxy 240 from my vet. He jumped right back and the girls are all good with no problems, so I took them back off the antibiotics yesterday. How long until we can eat the...
I have a chicken who had sour crop. I treated that part and she is eating again but she has diarrhea, and her poop looks the same as the posts that show clostridium perfringens. I don't have an avian vet that can see her- they are all booked for weeks! I have tried to find antibiotics online to...
Hi everyone,
I have a little Silkie mix that has quite a serious bumble foot infection on each foot. I was away for three months on work and someone else was caring for my chickens... it didn't get caught in time for conservative treatment. I watched a few YouTube videos on bumble foot surgery...
I have 2 separate situations here.
My 4 year old silkie (Miss Yue Crickets, Cricket for short) has had leaky eyes for 3 months. Yes, I gave her antibiotics, warm rag compresses, veterycin eye drops, but it's not going away!! It is like a clear watery discharge, with a couple small bubbles, she...
Hello!
I am following up a previous thread related to my blue brahma, Blue.
I adopted her at 2 months of age along with 3 other chickens who were at about 4 months of age from a ranch near my home. Within about 2 weeks Blue started showing signs of being sick but I didn't realize it, I thought...
Hi there, I am new to keeping chicks, and my first week of experience has been extremely disheartening. Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.
tl;dr 2 out of 6 4-week-old chicks have died, 2 look like they're at death's door. Providing they survive, can I safely integrate the 2...
Hi, I'm not familiar with posting in threads like this, am typing w one hand & holding the injured bird w the other- please bear w me & thank you in advance for any help/suggestions/info
A few months back, my son came home from work w 12 chicks (pullets?) from our local Tractor Supply. He's...
I'm shopping online for various chicken first-aid items.
I'm looking into getting a syringe and feeding tube just in case I would ever need to force feed one of the chickens some nutrients. Someone showed how easy it was to aspirate your chicken by dumping liquids into their mouths because of...
Hi, all. Sorry this is long: I have had a horrendous mite problem going on for over a month. The henhouse is crawling with millions of them, so bad that they are crawling on ME when I collect eggs. I check the hens, and there aren't very many on them, although some of the 29 are acting sluggish...