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[Hen Pen Jem]

Greetings Top Rooster,

Besides added warmth for the sickest chickens, I would administer a small amount of honey, maybe 1 mL, orally, three times a day. Manuka honey is best, raw honey is also good. But if you even have some regular honey that would be helpful too. Honey is a common and effective remedy for smoker's cough. It has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory qualities.

Some chamomile tea in the water is good too. It is a relaxant, and also aids in strengthening tissues. Chamomile essential oil, in a humidifier is also soothing for the lungs.

Feed some cooked quinoa, if you have some. Quinoa is rich in protein, fiber and iron (which is needed to oxygenate the body). They are suffering from depleted oxygen, due to the smoke inhalation. You can offer some diced, cooked meat with the quinoa, too.

Best treatment, would be oxygen treatment from the fire department.


These are my thoughts on holistically treating smoke inhalation.

God Bless

 

[Top Rooster]

Greetings Top Rooster,

Besides added warmth for the sickest chickens, I would administer a small amount of honey, maybe 1 mL, orally, three times a day. Manuka honey is best, raw honey is also good. But if you even have some regular honey that would be helpful too. Honey is a common and effective remedy for smoker's cough. It has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory qualities.

Some chamomile tea in the water is good too. It is a relaxant, and also aids in strengthening tissues. Chamomile essential oil, in a humidifier is also soothing for the lungs.

Feed some cooked quinoa, if you have some. Quinoa is rich in protein, fiber and iron (which is needed to oxygenate the body). They are suffering from depleted oxygen, due to the smoke inhalation. You can offer some diced, cooked meat with the quinoa, too.

Best treatment, would be oxygen treatment from the fire department.


These are my thoughts on holistically treating smoke inhalation.

God Bless

Thank you I’ll get them some spinach an quinoa, I don’t have any of the essential oils though.

 

[PirateGirl]

Just do your best to keep them in a good stress free environment, what once was their safe place may not feel so safe any more. Extra yummy food, electrolyte/vitamins in their water, some scrambled eggs... I don't know if there is much you can actually do for the smoke inhalation, but if you help keep the stress down they should start eat and drink again and can begin healing. Good nutrition and enticing food should help their morale and help them to start acting normal again. Good luck.

 

[nightowl223]

Believe it or not, you were very lucky. Many people, not knowing the dangers, do the same thing you did and end up with a burned down coop and dead birds. It's something that really should be put on the boxes of those lamps as a warning in big red letters, IMO, because people just don't realize the dangers they can create. There are big warnings on elecric space heaters to prevent fires, but not on those big bulbs that are even more dangerous... I know, I know, humans vs animals, but fires can move to human residences, as well, so that's not much of an excuse. *sigh*

 

[nightowl223]

If anyone you know uses oxygen, and has a spare tank you could borrow, or (I know it's not exactly as pure) if you know anyone that has an oxy-acetylene torch, and would loan you that oxygen bottle...

The point is, you could maybe raise the oxygen level in the area where you have the sickest chooks, to help them get their O2 levels back up. Just a thought...

 

[Top Rooster]

I think they’ll be fine now a few are still wheezing and coughing but I tgink she’ll get better, but what I’m most concerned now is the cold. It only got to 19 today but tonight it’s supposed to be 5.

 

[tedschickens]

I would use a chick warmer instead of a bulb. I’m so sorry this happened. Some tlc, lots of fresh airband water feeding from a dropper would help. Can you keep them in doors for a bit like in a bathroom so they can rest?

 

[Top Rooster]

Nope there are too many to fit th in a bathroom I have about 14. What was funny was while we were fixing their coop from fire damage which was quite a bit some of the chickens didn’t care that half of the floor was gone and two walks were gone they were just determined to get in and roost while the drill was going and everything.

 

[nightowl223]

Nope there are too many to fit th in a bathroom I have about 14. What was funny was while we were fixing their coop from fire damage which was quite a bit some of the chickens didn’t care that half of the floor was gone and two walks were gone they were just determined to get in and roost while the drill was going and everything.

Well, it's good that they don't think of the coop as a place to fear. That's a positive sign. As for the temperatures, chickens can deal with much colder temperatures than that, as long as they have a place out of the wind, where they can roost to cover their feet, and there's no buildup of ammonia or moisture. The ventilation is very important, but it can't be allowing wind to blow right on them.

 

[jvls1942]

If you have that many chickens, you really do not need supplemental heat.
here is Wisc it has been down to below -15F. and the daytime highs still below zero.
a draft free area is all they need.
If you are trying to get them to lay eggs, then a little supplemental heat will help.
I think those large heat lamps should be outlawed .. I bought a couple of ceramic milk house heaters. they cost less than $20.oo but will outlast 20 of those heat lamps at $6.oo a pop.. and pop they do.
lots of times when they burn out, the pop and throw sparks.. goodbye chicken coop.

I hang my ceramic heater so that the air blows right onto the waterer. it helps to keep it from freezing up so fast..