HELP!!! My Buff Orpington has been wheezing/rasping and flicking her head violently...HELP!!!

[Wyorp Rock]

Hello, Take a look at Newcastle Disease. I just lost 64 chickens in 6 days.

Dave, I'm so sorry to hear about your loss!

 

[Pigpie]

How is she today

 

[ChickNanny13]

You need to feed your chickens commercial feed (Flock Raiser, All Purpose, All Flock, Starter & Grower) as it's nutritionally balanced feed...2x Wyorp Rock

MINDANAO DAVE - Sorry for your loss

 

[buffychickenscanlove]

She probably needs antibiotics, but in California we cannot get them without a prescription, so a vet is our only choice.
There is a good one in SF:
https://www.bayareabirdhospital.com/

what if i get them off amazon
P.S. will they affect her eggs?

 

[buffychickenscanlove]

How is she today

not so enthusiastic, so i dug with her and found 3 fat worms

 

[buffychickenscanlove]

You need to feed your chickens commercial feed (Flock Raiser, All Purpose, All Flock, Starter & Grower) as it's nutritionally balanced feed...2x Wyorp Rock

i dont know where to get those

 

[buffychickenscanlove]

Do you ever provide a commercial poultry feed?

Since you only have the 2 hens, then keep them together. What you may want to do is provide 2 dishes of food and place them as far apart as you can. The RIR will have a harder time of controlling the food. There is nothing really wrong with what you are feeding, but if that's their main diet, then consider adding poultry vitamins to their water 1-2times a week and giving extra protein like egg, tuna, mackerel, meat, etc. Both may benefit from any of these.

I do agree, that she most likely needs antibiotics, hopefully you can source some. In the meantime, the VetRx won't hurt, so I would continue with that-how did you adminster it? There are several different methods of using VetRx, so you may want to read up on that.
https://www.drugs.com/vet/vetrx-poultry-remedy.html

i give them eggs as a treat. if i give them food separately they wont eat since they encourage each other to eat

 

[Pigpie]

what if i get them off amazon
P.S. will they affect her eggs?

If you do get antibiotics do not consume the eggs for a couple weeks I don't remember the exact amount of time

 

[buffychickenscanlove]

We cannot get antibiotics in California without a prescription. New law went into effect 1-1-2018.

oh i didn't know that

 

[buffychickenscanlove]

thank you all for such helpful and positive responses