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  1. Goosebaby

    A safe cure for Aspergillosis?!!!

    For those that are new to poultry keeping that don’t know what Aspergillosis “asper” is like myself when I started raising ducks and geese, Asper is a highly fatal opportunistic illness caused typically from inhailing spores or less often having them infect a wound... and the spores are...
  2. DavisHenitentiary

    Cough and lethargy? 🥺

    Hey all, one of my young Orpington hens started having a weird cough today and has been rather lethargic. Her couch sounds like a rubber chicken or that big blue bird from the Pixar short (I can’t post a video) She has no runny nose and has been eating and drinking fine. She also breathes a...
  3. S

    terrified of hurting my duck

    So I have a duck that has had a cough going back over a month ago. I used vet-rx and she eventually seemed to shake it, but the last week or so she developed labored mouth breathing. Taking her to the vet is not an option, and I have been trying things on my own that I hope may have a chance of...
    • Scovyfive
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    • cough dosage duck mouth respiratory trouble breathing valbazen
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. KFdough

    cough, blood

    my 11 week old roo just cough some blood twice today. he did it once when i tried to put on the collar before going outside. Second time when i grab him while he was running away. I checked the collar, it was not tight at all. I could stick a full finger in. I still took it off after seeing...
  5. prettylittlehens

    HELP! Respiratory illness? Which meds to give?

    Can anyone help me figure out the best course of meds for my flock? I’m stumped. My beautiful EE rooster (1yo) suddenly passed last night- I noticed his comb was very dark purple so I brought him inside thinking he had possibly gotten frostbite (it has been in the teens/twenties a few nights...
  6. amynw

    Squeaking sick goose????

    Hello everyone. We have 3 pet geese, and recently I kept hearing a squeak every so often. Sounded just like a squeaky toy noise. I finally figured out today where the noise was coming from, one of my male geese. I watched him for around an hour. He still honks like the others, but will...
  7. J

    Coughing Adult Duck

    I have a 2 yr old duck. She started coughing 3 weeks ago. The first week I believed she just was eating her scratch too dry so I stopped putting it on the ground and in a bowl with water. 2nd week I believed it was a cold so I got her poultry booster and hoped it would go away on its own. Then...
    • jessmusick
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    • adult antibiotic cold cough duck help pekin pnemonia rain sick
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. G

    Sand in coop

    So purchased contractors sand and have been using it in the coop for 4 no the now this was the sand that was recommended by so many even threw these feeds but my chickens seem to kick up so much dust in there at night when they are all trying to get situated and when I rake out the sand it gets...
  9. Mini-Daisy

    2 new Easter egger hens with pale comb and one coughs

    As the title states, we purchased 2 hens and were assured the hens were healthy and currently laying eggs. They are allegedly 9 to 12 month old. The black hen sometimes makes weird coughing like sounds and her comb seems quite pale to me, but she does eat and drink well. The other hen is...
  10. bigdog1163

    chickens sound like their coughing

    i noticed a few of my chickens have started to make a congested coughing sound. i was told if you squirt apple cider vinegar down their thought it will kill what ever it is making them sick. does any one know what this cough might be or if the apple cider will help. i don't want to put them...
  11. A

    Coughing, spreading like wildfire

    Hey guys! I had this beautiful blue Cochin pullet that came down with a cough. She starting getting lethargic, sleeping all the time and closing her eyes and unfortunately she died suddenly one day. Now the rest of my chickens are coughing. They aren't acting lethargic or down or anything, they...
  12. Bugpreisler

    Is it always serious?

    Hello everyone my name's Rebecca! I'm new to BYC and raising chickens! BIT of background: I raised 5 day old chicks. At 7 weeks one turned out to be a rooster that I sadly had to rehome due to zoning regulations. To keep our flock number at 5 we decided to rescue a similar age pullet (6-7...
  13. A

    My duck has breathing problems...

    Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me. I own three ducks - one female runner and two male cayugas. One of the boys has this coughing or sneezing noise. It's been chronic so far - we just thought it could be a cold that wouldn't disappear. He also seems to lose his voice from time to time, and...
    • Alex Clare
    • Thread
    • breathing cayuga cough coughing coughs duck help problems respiratory
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. L

    Coughing hen after bath

    So I did something sort of stupid. Yesterday I bought a very sweet hen from a young woman who breeds and sells a few different varieties of bantam chickens nearby. We were all set up to meet and make the exchange, hen for $, and she let me know the hen was bathed just before she brought her...
  15. ChookieWookie

    Suspected severe sour crop - new chicken owners

    First post from long-time lurkers. We bought a couple of scrawny chickens from a dodgy back yard breeder. Both had pretty pale combs, patchy feathers. One had a runny nose and would cough/sneeze. Months later and one of them, the one without the runny nose, is very healthy - plenty of weight...
  16. J

    Crusty eye on Cochen bantam

    Hi. New to backyard chickens, but we have had a flock (currently 9 girls) for a few years. We have a bantam who has bare and slightly swollen looking ring around both of her eyes. I dont think this is normal molting, seems different and has been like this for a few weeks. might be more...
  17. shy519

    Sick Flock? Treat or Cull?

    Hello all! I posted very recently about my breeding roo who passed away overnight due to an unknown illness. The whole flock seems to be sick, but with different symptoms. They are all wheezing and/or coughing with a loud mucus-sounding cough. Other than that they seem to be acting normal. Poop...
  18. S

    Coughing turkeys

    Hello there! I have 4 Bourbon red hens, 2 of which are coughing for 3 weeks now. I have been treating them with 1.5ml Tylan 200 orally and little improvement. ( They really really hate this by now) I am looking for any help. I cant get water soluble antibiotics, I heard you need a rx. They...
  19. Heidi Plume

    Help! Coughing, Sneezing Flock!

    Last night my husband & I noticed that one of our birds was breathing noisily. This morning a number of my girls are coughing & sneezing but otherwise are doing fine. I'm more concerned about my Delaware who is also lethargic & not interested in treats. Help!
  20. T

    Coughing Chicken with Video

    Hello, I have a 8 month old hen who is coughing (or something like that). She is wheezy when she is not coughing so it is a respiratory issue. There is no discharge from her nose, she is eating, and even laying! It has been about a week now. I islolated her, and have given her tetracycline...
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