A few days ago, our only roo started sounding "gurgly" when breathing. He was acting and eating fine, but someone told me to treat him with Duramycin. After a few of our hens also started making the noise, I was advised to get Tylan 50. Since I have 20 chickens, I looked locally for the oral version but couldn't find it. The local feed store advised a combination Duramycin and sulfadimethoxine for 5 days, since "those two drugs are the same as Tylan 50". However, after spending a bit more time on THIS forum, I'm finding that that isn't true, and that Duramycin can be pretty icky (as well as some of the URIs that it treats).
In addition to my 20 adult chickens, I have 11 youngsters who should be joining the big ones in a few weeks.
I really don't want to cull if I can avoid it, but I am second-guessing my decision to use the Duramycin and sulfadimethoxine, and instead order Tylan 50. We JUST put the medicated water outside for them about 20 minutes ago. Should I pull this water and wait to find/order Tylan 50? Does anyone have any other recommendations, or know where I can get the Tylan50 online?
Editing to add: I went ahead and discarded the medicated water after it was available to them for about 40 minutes; should I still avoid their eggs for the next 21 days after such a short potential exposure? The only symptoms my sick ones have (there are 5 out of 20) are the gurgling sound. No sneezing, no eye or nasal discharge, and definitely no decrease in egg production. My daughter mentioned seeing "a green poop" in the coop, though, but my flock free ranges for most of the day, so it is possible to miss seeing more.
In addition to my 20 adult chickens, I have 11 youngsters who should be joining the big ones in a few weeks.
I really don't want to cull if I can avoid it, but I am second-guessing my decision to use the Duramycin and sulfadimethoxine, and instead order Tylan 50. We JUST put the medicated water outside for them about 20 minutes ago. Should I pull this water and wait to find/order Tylan 50? Does anyone have any other recommendations, or know where I can get the Tylan50 online?
Editing to add: I went ahead and discarded the medicated water after it was available to them for about 40 minutes; should I still avoid their eggs for the next 21 days after such a short potential exposure? The only symptoms my sick ones have (there are 5 out of 20) are the gurgling sound. No sneezing, no eye or nasal discharge, and definitely no decrease in egg production. My daughter mentioned seeing "a green poop" in the coop, though, but my flock free ranges for most of the day, so it is possible to miss seeing more.
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