CHICKEN WITH BLACKHEAD DISEASE please help !!

[dawg53]

See post #2 in this link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/blackhead.1396291/#post-22914243

 

[Quarterhorses1]

See post #2 in this link:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/blackhead.1396291/#post-22914243

Thank you. Very helpful

 

[Wyorp Rock]

My chicken Olivia has blackhead disease. I don’t know what to do. Please help me

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This is her. She has a fluid filled crop. I already lost a turkey to this and another chicken has symptoms now too. They have yellow poop

Photos of the poop may help.
Are you certain she has Blackhead disease?

A fluid filled crop, check that again first thing in the morning before she's had anything to eat/drink (no food water overnight). If the crop is still fluid filled in the morning, then address the crop.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[Quarterhorses1]

Photos of the poop may help.
Are you certain she has Blackhead disease?

A fluid filled crop, check that again first thing in the morning before she's had anything to eat/drink (no food water overnight). If the crop is still fluid filled in the morning, then address the crop.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

Yes I’m certain. Both crops are still fluid filled

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Yes I’m certain. Both crops are still fluid filled

Then treat the crop symptoms.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...w-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/

 

[casportpony]

They both weighed in at 3-4 pounds last time I weighed them for medicine

You will need an exact weight to medicate them properly.

The metronidazole dose is 23 mg per pound orally once a day for 5 days. Metronidazole is dangerous in doses higher than that, so be careful.

Enrofloxacin is also needed to treat the E. coli infection that they get with blackhead. It's not actually the blackhead that kills them, it's the secondary E. coli infection that does. Give 0.07 ml per pound orally twice a day for 3-5 days.

Fenbendazole will treat the cecal worm. Give 0.23 ml per pound orally once and repeat in 10-14 days

Where can I get that?

Enrofloxacin:
https://allbirdproducts.com/products/baytril-10

Metronidazole:
https://www.tractorsupplyrx.com/aqua-zole-metronidazole-52210.html
or
Search for aqua-zole or fish-zole. Get the 250 mg tablets.

Fenbendazole:
https://www.tractorsupplyrx.com/dewormer-by-safe-guard-25229.html

 

[Quarterhorses1]

You will need an exact weight to medicate them properly.

The metronidazole dose is 23 mg per pound orally once a day for 5 days. Metronidazole is dangerous in doses higher than that, so be careful.

Enrofloxacin is also needed to treat the E. coli infection that they get with blackhead. It's not actually the blackhead that kills them, it's the secondary E. coli infection that does. Give 0.07 ml per pound orally twice a day for 3-5 days.

Fenbendazole will treat the cecal worm. Give 0.23 ml per pound orally once and repeat in 10-14 days

Enrofloxacin:
https://allbirdproducts.com/products/baytril-10

Metronidazole:
https://www.tractorsupplyrx.com/aqua-zole-metronidazole-52210.html
or
Search for aqua-zole or fish-zole. Get the 250 mg tablets.

Fenbendazole:
https://www.tractorsupplyrx.com/dewormer-by-safe-guard-25229.html

Thanks! I’ll weigh them exactly. One if the two looks much better today! More lively and crop is not fluid filled. That’s the one that was acting worse. She had fluid pouring out of her mouth at one point. Her droppings aren’t yellow anymore. I think the ivermectin and apple cider vinegar worked

 

[casportpony]

Thanks! I’ll weigh them exactly. One if the two looks much better today! More lively and crop is not fluid filled. That’s the one that was acting worse. She had fluid pouring out of her mouth at one point. Her droppings aren’t yellow anymore. I think the ivermectin and apple cider vinegar worked

Glad one is looking better. FYI, if ivermectin helped, it's not blackhead.

 

[Quarterhorses1]

Glad one is looking better. FYI, if ivermectin helped, it's not blackhead.

Ok. What else could it be?

 

[casportpony]

Ok. What else could it be?

If ivermectin helped, maybe worms?