HELP! My chickens are really sick!

[olijo123]

I keep all my bantams in a confined pen and they are getting sick! I just got over treating coryza a few weeks ago. And all of the sudden they are getting sick again. Some of them have coryza again and others don't. The ones that don't have coryza have watery eyes and sneezing. Also, one of them has her breast bone sticking out like she is starved even though she eats well. She cant walk and just lays around. I gave all the sick ones Baytril (Which is the same as Tylan) and I also put corid in their water. I even isolated all the sick ones today. Is their anything else I should do? What disease is this? By the way, I HAVE NOT ADDED ANY NEW BIRDS! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! UPDATE: The hen just died. I put her in a bag and placed her in the fridge. My vet offered to do an autopsy. The sick chickens also stand around with their eyes closed.

 

[animalover14]

how often do you clean out your chicken coop? Your chickens might be getting sick because they are confined in the coop all of the time and that is where bacteria like to hide in. You should clean outbyour coop more often when chickens are sick to prevent the spread of bacteria.

 

[olijo123]

how often do you clean out your chicken coop? Your chickens might be getting sick because they are confined in the coop all of the time and that is where bacteria like to hide in. You should clean outbyour coop more often when chickens are sick to prevent the spread of bacteria.

I just cleaned it out last week. I try to clean it out about once a month. In the summer months they sleep on roosting poles outside and only a few go in the coop.

 

[animalover14]

sorry I read that wrong they arent confined in the coop but in a run. You should still clean out the coop more often. You should also take your chickens to a local veterinarian. You can also help by puting mulch or bedding in rhe run to help decompose the chicken poop naturally. Thats where bacteria and germs like to thrive in is in the poop. I hope that helped!

 

[olijo123]

sorry I read that wrong they arent confined in the coop but in a run. You should still clean out the coop more often. You should also take your chickens to a local veterinarian. You can also help by puting mulch or bedding in rhe run to help decompose the chicken poop naturally. Thats where bacteria and germs like to thrive in is in the poop. I hope that helped!

Okay thank you! Would pea gravel work?

 

[animalover14]

It should work great but they may try to eat it. There isnt really a proplem with them eating pea gravel i dont think because they would quickly realize its not food and stop.

 

[olijo123]

It should work great but they may try to eat it. There isnt really a proplem with them eating pea gravel i dont think because they would quickly realize its not food and stop.

Okay thank you for your help!

 

[awesome124]

You should do the following:

1) clean your coop thoroughly
2) provide fresh clean drinking water and add a few crushed garlic to the water you can also add electrolyte supplement or sodium permaganate
3) Let your chicken out to free range for at least 3 hours a day. This will relieve stress and allow them to forage for food and also reduce contact with other chickens
4) put half a teaspoon of epsom salt in half a cup of pedialyte. Fill a syringe with this mixture and feed it to your chickens each. This will flush out toxins and hydrate your chicken.

GOOD LUCK!

 

[dawg53]

I keep all my bantams in a confined pen and they are getting sick! I just got over treating coryza a few weeks ago. And all of the sudden they are getting sick again. Some of them have coryza again and others don't. The ones that don't have coryza have watery eyes and sneezing. Also, one of them has her breast bone sticking out like she is starved even though she eats well. She cant walk and just lays around. I gave all the sick ones Baytril (Which is the same as Tylan) and I also put corid in their water. I even isolated all the sick ones today. Is their anything else I should do? What disease is this? By the way, I HAVE NOT ADDED ANY NEW BIRDS! Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! UPDATE: The hen just died. I put her in a bag and placed her in the fridge. My vet offered to do an autopsy. The sick chickens also stand around with their eyes closed.

How do you know it's coryza since you asked what disease is this? Let your vet do a necropsy to find out exactly what you're birds have.
To clear up misinformation; respiratory diseases can be spread by wild birds, carried on clothing, shoes, your hands, exposure at poultry shows, swap meets, feed stores where birds are present, passed on in many ways infecting other birds. Baytril and tylan are NOT the same, baytril is more potent than tylan. Corid has no effect on respiratory diseases. Treatment for infectious coryza would be either baytril or tylan in combination with a sulfa drug such as sulmet or albon. There's also a good possibility that it could be a combination of coryza and a severe strain of mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG.) Birds with coryza exude a foul odor around the head area. Only a necropsy will tell.
Here's a link to respiratory diseases in poultry. Scroll down to Infectious Coryza and Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG) and read about them:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044
I recommend that you cull sick birds when it comes to respiratory diseases. Survivors will be carriers for life and will spread the disease to other birds. Antibiotics will eventually be ineffective. If it's a viral disease, antibiotics are ineffective.

 

[olijo123]

How do you know it's coryza since you asked what disease is this? Let your vet do a necropsy to find out exactly what you're birds have.
To clear up misinformation; respiratory diseases can be spread by wild birds, carried on clothing, shoes, your hands, exposure at poultry shows, swap meets, feed stores where birds are present, passed on in many ways infecting other birds. Baytril and tylan are NOT the same, baytril is more potent than tylan. Corid has no effect on respiratory diseases. Treatment for infectious coryza would be either baytril or tylan in combination with a sulfa drug such as sulmet or albon. There's also a good possibility that it could be a combination of coryza and a severe strain of mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG.) Birds with coryza exude a foul odor around the head area. Only a necropsy will tell.
Here's a link to respiratory diseases in poultry. Scroll down to Infectious Coryza and Mycoplasma Gallisepticum (MG) and read about them:
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044
I recommend that you cull sick birds when it comes to respiratory diseases. Survivors will be carriers for life and will spread the disease to other birds. Antibiotics will eventually be ineffective. If it's a viral disease, antibiotics are ineffective.

I meant SOME of the birds have coryza and others don't. The only reason I also gave corid is just in case of coccidiosis. I have been giving them Baytril every 12 hours. I sent one of the dead birds to my vet and he is doing an autopsy. I really don't want to cull them because they are all pets and it would just kill me to do that. But thank you for the help! Is there a way I could keep the birds but try to prevent it from happening again?