Advice on treating this chicks eye

[Nksg75]

Is there any chance they are vitamin A deficient? It causes susceptibility to infections as well as eye issues (among other things) and I've read that chicks can become deficient in the first several weeks if they didn't get enough through their mother and/or their diet is unbalanced. Not sure how likely this is, but I thought I'd throw it out there.

It’s certainly possible.
I will add some all around vitamins to the water tomorrow. I am pretty sure I have one of those all around vitamin bottles for chickens.
I think I added it to their water in the beginning, but after noticing it was spreading like wildfire I got so busy with separating them, and didn’t follow up again.
I was in the midst of the normal integration part when this started, so I put a stop to that and started separating the chicks with signs of illness. Now it seems that most of the chicks are in the extra horse stall, instead of the coop. I may just put all of them in the stall until I can get control of this situation. Hopefully they improve quickly, because my integration is the escape room, and if they are in the stall too long they won’t be able to fit through the openings when I put them back!

 

[Nksg75]

Goodness Yes, if they are still young enough, yes, sandwiching the toes between tape or wrap may work better.
I have wrapped chicks before, but it's been a while, mostly adults, so I was in rooster feet wrapping mode

Like this!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...s-with-tape-picture-tutorial-and-video.75247/

https://www.mypetchicken.com/blogs/faqs/my-chicks-toes-are-all-curled-up-whats-wrong-with-her

Yes, that’s exactly what I was thinking. Thank you!
ok, better get some shut eye before I have to wrangle 30 little chicks and thoroughly upset them tomorrow

 

[Nksg75]

Ok, so today I got the foot pad on the chicks. Can’t say I am Any good at it, but it serves its purpose.
also I am very worried about 4-5 chicks that are having serious respiratory issues. They are having a really hard time breathing, and I looked inside their mouths, yet see nothing unusual. No yellow areas that could be typical with fowl pox. I went ahead and injected 1/2 cc in those specific birds with Tylan 50.
what else can I do for them other than cross my fingers?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Ok, so today I got the foot pad on the chicks. Can’t say I am Any good at it, but it serves its purpose.
also I am very worried about 4-5 chicks that are having serious respiratory issues. They are having a really hard time breathing, and I looked inside their mouths, yet see nothing unusual. No yellow areas that could be typical with fowl pox. I went ahead and injected 1/2 cc in those specific birds with Tylan 50.
what else can I do for them other than cross my fingers?

There's no lesions inside the beaks? (roof of beak too inside the choanal slit?)
How about pox lesions covering the nostrils?

I'd try the Tylan50 and see if that makes a difference.

Did you know that Tylan50 can be give orally instead of by injection? It's meant to be given 3 times a day, so that's a lot of needle sticks.
Tylan has a range of 10-40mg/kg, the most common dose is about "midrange" which would translate to 0.25ml per pound of weight given orally 3 times a day for 5 days in a row.

There is also Tylosin (Tylan) soluble that can be purchased online, this goes in the water which is sometimes more convenient, but it's also dependent on a bird drinking enough medicated water each day. When one is not drinking well, then likely they are not getting a proper dose.

 

[Nksg75]

There's no lesions inside the beaks? (roof of beak too inside the choanal slit?)
How about pox lesions covering the nostrils?

I'd try the Tylan50 and see if that makes a difference.

Did you know that Tylan50 can be give orally instead of by injection? It's meant to be given 3 times a day, so that's a lot of needle sticks.
Tylan has a range of 10-40mg/kg, the most common dose is about "midrange" which would translate to 0.25ml per pound of weight given orally 3 times a day for 5 days in a row.

There is also Tylosin (Tylan) soluble that can be purchased online, this goes in the water which is sometimes more convenient, but it's also dependent on a bird drinking enough medicated water each day. When one is not drinking well, then likely they are not getting a proper dose.

No, no lesions that I can see at all. They all have the swollen eye, yet the ones with the wheezing sound dont have any lesions inside the mouth. Now I didn’t think to look past the cloanal split. Is this something i need to part and look past?
I just looked up to the roof of the mouth, and didn’t see anything.
‘also no to the lesions covering nostril.
there is a chick that has been sneezing quite a bit(also one that is having labored/trouble breathing)
no mucus from nares.
2 days ago another chick had the same symptom, and I checked her mouth, yet nothing with that one as well. Unfortunately she was dead in the morning.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

No, no lesions that I can see at all. They all have the swollen eye, yet the ones with the wheezing sound dont have any lesions inside the mouth. Now I didn’t think to look past the cloanal split. Is this something i need to part and look past?
I just looked up to the roof of the mouth, and didn’t see anything.
‘also no to the lesions covering nostril.
there is a chick that has been sneezing quite a bit(also one that is having labored/trouble breathing)
no mucus from nares.
2 days ago another chick had the same symptom, and I checked her mouth, yet nothing with that one as well. Unfortunately she was dead in the morning.

No, you don't need to part anything, you should be able to see the choanal slit when you examine the inside of her beak, if there is mucous or lesions, you'd see them.

I'm sorry that you're having trouble. Hopefully the Tylan can help treat the symptoms and these little ones can recover.

 

[Nksg75]

No, you don't need to part anything, you should be able to see the choanal slit when you examine the inside of her beak, if there is mucous or lesions, you'd see them.

I'm sorry that you're having trouble. Hopefully the Tylan can help treat the symptoms and these little ones can recover.

Ok thank you so much for all the help. Earlier you told me about Tyson also being given orally, and yes you’re so right on that. I just had the impression that if given as an injection I could be more accurate on the dosage And start to work faster. I have tons of those disposable insulin needles(I think 32 gauge) and since the needles are so small they barely feel it. I always worry if they are struggling to breathe then I could potentially cause more harm if I fumble around.
It seems the more I worry about them, the more I fumble. As I type this I am postponing going out there to check on they from worry that I will find some dead.
I am also wondering if Tylan is the best choice. I have other meds, and worried that there might be a stronger/better one for them.
ok, I have to stop procrastinating and go check on them.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How are they?

You have enrofloxacin, that would be the strongest abx, if you feel the Tylan is not going to be helpful.

 

[Nksg75]

How are they?

You have enrofloxacin, that would be the strongest abx, if you feel the Tylan is not going to be helpful.

Ok, I think I will do just that. They are not great.
I took a video of some of them. I am working on uploading it.

 

[Nksg75]