Chicks sneezing often - respiratory infection?

[The Welch Chickens]

My little Polish chick is sneezing very often. We just noticed this tonight. She’s also wiping her beak on the bedding.

Diet: NatureWise starter grower crumbles and fresh, plain water
Brooder: “Pet playpen” tent in an unheated basement
Heat: Heat lamp and brooder plate
Bedding: Medium sized pine shavings

Do you think she caught cold from a draft? Or is it respiratory issues from the pine shavings?

There is no discharge as far as I can see, but I’m not very experienced with this.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

Anyone?! She's worse this morning and two other chicks are sneezing now too. We are removing the pine shavings and replaxing them with paper towels and also trying to block any drafts. My mom is at Tractor Supply getting some VetRX

 

[The Welch Chickens]

@azygous sorry to bother you but I saw you were online

 

[azygous]

It sounds like a respiratory infection. If you can, call around and find Tylosin powder. It's one of the very few antibiotics left for us to purchase without a prescription. You mix it into the water the chicks drink. Or order it here. https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=7EF2885F-8F22-495D-A6C5-12069F4B5712

 

[The Welch Chickens]

It sounds like a respiratory infection. If you can, call around and find Tylosin powder. It's one of the very few antibiotics left for us to purchase without a prescription. You mix it into the water the chicks drink. Or order it here. https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=7EF2885F-8F22-495D-A6C5-12069F4B5712

Ok. I will look around.

Do you think removing the pine shavings is a good idea?

 

[The Welch Chickens]

If you can, call around and find Tylosin powder.

What is the difference between Tylosin and Tylosin Tartrate?

 

[azygous]

I'm not sure what the role of tartrate is in a drug, but it's a chemical salt that I would advise to avoid when treating chickens.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

I'm not sure what the role of tartrate is in a drug, but it's a chemical salt that I would advise to avoid when treating chickens.

Ok.

 

[The Welch Chickens]

I'm not sure what the role of tartrate is in a drug, but it's a chemical salt that I would advise to avoid when treating chickens.

The medicine you advised getting says Tylosin Tartrate, though, as with a few other Tylosins:
https://jedds.com/products/tylosin-powder
https://birdpalproducts.com/products/tylosin-powder-for-birds?_pos=1&_sid=0d2013084&_ss=r

 

[The Welch Chickens]

I changed the pine shavings to paper towels and rubbed VetRX on the sneezing chicks, under the wings and on their chests and heads.

Four chicks out of ten have the symptoms.