8week old chick sneezing, boogers no eye discharge

[roseschickies]

Have you treated them yet? I would try sectioning them off and medicate them! I love my girls and hopefully she only has a little cold and will be better the end of the week. The lady at the feed store was like, just wait, give them the medication, they get colds like us. If the meds do not work, i will take them to the Vet that has a specialist, it is about an hour away from me. I just did a lot of research and calls to people in the area, maybe do the same for your girls before culling her!!

 

[Wayne&Kim1963]

I feel in time if someone will be chronic they will get infection back or they die. I do not worry so much about being carrier as to getting them well. To use area after you have had sick birds in it. I take spray bottle like old 409 bottle or buy spray bottle and i make solution 3/4 water and 1/4 chlorox bleach. I spray the whole area with this and then I wash it with the hose to rinse it out. I spray the waterers with bleach and scrub them up with comet. I wash it liberally with good water hot if available to ensure we don't spread any illness. I like to give tylan 50 shots mixed with 1cc of penicillin and 1/2cc of tylan 50 for grown hen. I decrease dose to match size of chicken and I give injection on breast under skin. The reason I mix it is it works better mixed and tylan can be so hard on tissue injected and I have alot less trouble that way. I strongly believe in adding it to water with the animal recieving shots too. It is tough bug and that will get rid of it doing it like that because you don't have anytime that they medication levels are low. I like to boil egg and crush it with potatoe masher shells and all and mix dry minute oatmeal in with them to make meal and feed it to sick chickens for energy and to increase their protein intake so they can heal.
I also feel chicken get many different kinds of bacterial infections that are with respiratory symptoms and the only way to tell what it is exactly is to do cultures and identify the bug.

 

[Wayne&Kim1963]

It takes a little time and alot of doctoring to get them well. I never cull them but I do know that sick birds need more heat and little more care. I will check back let me know if you need some more advice or help. I will gladly help you with everything I know. I am not a vet but I have raised chickens 20+ years and live on farm and can raise about anything

 

[wantedman66]

hi was reading your forum and im also having a problem with my rooster he's around three months old and just started sneezing and breathing through his mouth about a week ago and this morning i found my other rooster who was healthy and showed no signs of being sick dead in the coop.

 

[Wayne&Kim1963]

I would get them started on some medicine. I would give them a shot of tylan and penicillin and add tylan to the water for at least 5 days. I have given tylan orally but I don't get near as good as results as I do giving it initially by injection. I always give tylan 50 1/2cc and 1cc of penicillin mixed together in syringe for respiratory. Then add 3cc per gallon of water of the injectable tylan and I change it at least every 3 days more often if it was in summer months setting in heat but now we are not hot so not a worry. I give the injection under skin on breast.

 

[wantedman66]

thank you i will try that

 

[roseschickies]

Well my ladies are improving! Been treating for 2 days, bubbles are going away and she seems a little more active.

I give then 5ml in there water of tetracyline powder and refresh it every 24 hours. Also I have been spraying the one with the bubbles with Vetericyn in her face/ eyes

 

[Wayne&Kim1963]

I am glad they are improving. Congratulations! I like tetracycline powder too. Let us know how they do. I am not big advocate of cull them or any of that. Just make sure and clean good behind these and after you get them better to clean the area they are in real good.