emmyn74
Songster
I kept some chicks for my aunt while she was in hospital..after i had them about a week i noticed one of MY speckled sussex bantams sneezing. I put some vet Rx on her beak and started her on a probiotic.. a couple days later..three were sneezing...the day after..all of my chickens were sneezing and sounding like they had liquid stuck in their airway when breathing....I started them on oxytetracycline when the three started sneezing..after 4 days..no improvement.. all of my chickens are infected with this now..I decided to go get some tylan 50 and get them started on it..the chicks I was holding for my aunt are not showing any signs of being sick..but the person she got them from said yesterday that she lost 8 chicks in three days!!!!...I started Friday night on the tylan 50 twice a day and they seemed to be getting worse! I figured this was because of the shock of the strong antibiotic....but they have been on the antibiotic now since Friday night and still sound like they have a lot of liquid in their airways when breathing..three of them have started closing their eyes and sitting there w their mouths open...it has now spread to my silkies and I am treating them...she picked up her chickens over the weekend so I only have my chickens again ..I do have one pen of large new Hampshire's that are still not effected as of right now. What else can I do? Why does the tylan not seem to be working? They are also starting to have a yellowish diarrhea but I thought that may be from the antibiotics? I don't want to lose my whole flock as these are my show chickens!!! What else can I do? I am still using vet Rx on their beaks to help with breathing..I don't see anything inside their mouth...anyone????? I know that I never will again offer to keep someone's chickens until they can come get them...ever...
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