Chicken stop breathing I need help

[Ol Grey Mare]

Did you dispose of the deceased birds already?

 

[rjohns39]

@Ol Grey Mare I was going to offer the "The Great Big Giant Marek's Disease FAQ" but will leave this in your capable hands.

 

[aart]

@Ol Grey Mare I was going to offer the "The Great Big Giant Marek's Disease FAQ" but will leave this in your capable hands.

Ask age first.

 

[Mother hen 119]

The discharge...what color and consistency was it? Was the swelling in the face or elsewhere? How long from first symptom to death in that bird? Was it housed with or near the other birds?[/QUOTE

Discharge was kind of like snot in was like a creamy yellow looking. There is also swelling near her eyes. That would live I’ve had to die. I was treating them with Tylan 50. That was about two weeks ago. Last week I had one die in this week I had one die.

 

[Mother hen 119]

Did you dispose of the deceased birds already?

No I still have her

 

[Mother hen 119]

Don’t know age I just got her about 5 weeks ago

 

[aart]

Don’t know age I just got her about 5 weeks ago

Well, are they little chicks or older.........from this other thread, they are of laying age?
How long laying?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sick-chickens.1204039/

 

[Mother hen 119]

Well, are they little chicks or older.........from this other thread, they are of laying age?
How long laying?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/sick-chickens.1204039/

Yes they are of laying age. I was say about 2 or 3

 

[Eggcessive]

Did the sick birds have a bad odor? That can be common in coryza. The thick mucus from nostrils sounds a bit like it. Either your new birds may have brought that into your flock, or they might have picked up something from your existing birds. Tylan can be given 0.2 ml per pound 2 to 3 times a day for 5 days. Give it orally or as an injection into muscle.

You may want to refrigerate the body, and ship it on ice packs to your state vet or poultry lab for a necropsy. That would get you a diagnosis. Most respiratory diseases are contagious, chronic (can come and go throughout life,) and the flock remains carriers for life. Sorry that you are dealing with this.

 

[Mother hen 119]

Thank. Yes it did have a odor. And I have already treated like that about 2 weeks ago. I thought they all got better till now