Closing her eyes and snoring? whats wrong?

[brigburke]

One of my girls is closing her eyes and sort of making a snoring sound. One of the others keeps pecking her in the face, and also her neck feathers seem dry. I have a video of her, but it won't let me upload it

 

[TSA]

Do you have any pictures of her? Does she have any sores on her head, neck or face?

 

[Ebony Rose]

Chickens will peck anybody that's sick in their flock. Sounds like a respiratory infection of some sort. Recommend you separate her from the flock, in a dog crate or something, prefer that she's still visible to her flockmates, but unable to touch. No way of knowing if she's contagious, but wouldn't want to find out the hard way. I'd start her on antibiotics for respiratory infections, Baytril® (active ingredient: enrofloxacin) is a highly effective, reliable, and proven antibiotic for the treatment of most common bacterial infections in animals (including respiratory infections). Withhold eating her eggs for 8 days after her final dose of Baytril (but you can feed these withheld eggs back to her).

 

[brigburke]

One of my girls is closing her eyes and sort of making a snoring sound. One of the others keeps pecking her in the face, and also her neck feathers seem dry. I have a video of her, but it won't let me upload it

One of my girls is closing her eyes and sort of making a snoring sound. One of the others keeps pecking her in the face, and also her neck feathers seem dry. I have a video of her, but it won't let me upload it

Do you have any pictures of her? Does she have any sores on her head, neck or face?

not that I can see
I just put this video on youtube, not sure if its available yet

 

[brigburke]

Chickens will peck anybody that's sick in their flock. Sounds like a respiratory infection of some sort. Recommend you separate her from the flock, in a dog crate or something, prefer that she's still visible to her flockmates, but unable to touch. No way of knowing if she's contagious, but wouldn't want to find out the hard way. I'd start her on antibiotics for respiratory infections, Baytril® (active ingredient: enrofloxacin) is a highly effective, reliable, and proven antibiotic for the treatment of most common bacterial infections in animals (including respiratory infections). Withhold eating her eggs for 8 days after her final dose of Baytril (but you can feed these withheld eggs back to her).

ok thank you. I will try and get some tomorrow. I think it does sound like some sort of respiratory problem, I wish I could get the video to upload

 

[Ebony Rose]

I wish I could get the video to upload

Video is uploaded

 

[brigburke]

thank you, hopefully our feed store has Baytril

 

[Ebony Rose]

Looks like respiratory infection, but could be gapeworms, the way she's stretching her head upward when she inhales... for treating gapeworm, it’s important to use Flubenol or Aviverm as they contain the chemical levamisol which works to kill the adult worms. Ivermectin-based products will not kill adult gapeworms (kills juveniles & eggs, just not adults). Treat all your birds, not just the ones showing symptoms. This medicine goes in their water, and ensure this is the ONLY water that they have access to. I looked up drug interactions for Flubenol, and came up with none so you should be able to use both Flubenol & Enrofloxacin at the same time. Gapeworm is incredibly hardy, and will remain viable in the soil for more than four years, infecting and reinfecting a flock. They are particularly dangerous to young birds, so rotation of pens is important. Better yet, if you can, quarantine all young birds from adults as a good preventative measure. Rotary hoeing of soil and control of fly, snail and slug populations can also help prevent reinfection. So... if it's gapeworm, treat them regularly. Hoping she feels better soon!

 

[brigburke]

Looks like respiratory infection, but could be gapeworms, the way she's stretching her head upward when she inhales... for treating gapeworm, it’s important to use Flubenol or Aviverm as they contain the chemical levamisol which works to kill the adult worms. Ivermectin-based products will not kill adult gapeworms (kills juveniles & eggs, just not adults). Treat all your birds, not just the ones showing symptoms. This medicine goes in their water, and ensure this is the ONLY water that they have access to. I looked up drug interactions for Flubenol, and came up with none so you should be able to use both Flubenol & Enrofloxacin at the same time. Gapeworm is incredibly hardy, and will remain viable in the soil for more than four years, infecting and reinfecting a flock. They are particularly dangerous to young birds, so rotation of pens is important. Better yet, if you can, quarantine all young birds from adults as a good preventative measure. Rotary hoeing of soil and control of fly, snail and slug populations can also help prevent reinfection. So... if it's gapeworm, treat them regularly. Hoping she feels better soon!

Ugh! ok I've only had them since April and I am a total beginner!.. we do have 2 younger Ameracaunas.. all the others seem fine, but I get it.. better safe than sorry

 

[brigburke]

so do I feed all of them both medicines in their water?