Help?? very sick chickens

[Jasmine Fields]

You don't mention them have a terrible odor about them - Infectious Coryza is reported to smell terrible - you would have noticed this.

For the one that is not eating/drinking - I agree with @Jessdesk it would be best to take her off the roost, bring her in where she is warm and give her specialized care. The biggest problem with using medication in the water is if a bird is not drinking or drinking very little they are not getting the meds they need. Getting her hydrated is most important, you can use the medicated water or electrolytes. Tube feeding may be an option if you can't get her to drink on her own. https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ing-guide-pictures-updated-9-15-2016.1064392/

Separate the heathly birds from the sick birds so not everyone gets the disease, and the birds who refuse to eat too. I recommend putting apple cider vinegar in the water. It encourages them to drink, and contains vitamis and minwraps they beed. I agree, I would tube feed them with something like scrambled eggs, or canned cat food.

It sounds like both you and your neighbor have a chronic respiratory disease, such as MG or coryza. Coryza does smell very bad. Both can cause sneezing, draining eyes and facial swelling. Nasal secretions in coryza are usually thick and yellow, and the eyes can become full of pus. Antibiotics may only treat symptoms, but does not cure the disease. Symptoms can last for weeks or months. Your flock should all be considered carriers, and the disease can linger on and come back whenever the birds become stressed.

Thanks getting my husband to pick up stuff for tube feeding ...fed them scrambled eggs this morning and put apple cider vinegar in their water going to bring the one hen inside that won't eat try to tube feed her i already have a young pullet inside BC she was one the first ones we noticed getting sick not bad tho her eye was swelled and crusted over and had a cough she was getting better but this morning when I got up her eye had swelled back up and she sound very congested which I don't understand cause she was a lot better and I put some pics of her eye its what most of theirs look like right now

 

[Jessdesk]

My husband gets super upset when I bring the chooks inside when they are sick, lol! I have a really big rubber made tub to put in the corner of my bedroom.

 

[micstrachan]

My sick chicken got to take over our bathroom for a week once!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Do you have the packaging, dosage information or the name of the medicine your neighbor gave you?

Your sickest birds may benefit from antibiotics to help control secondary infections. The eyes crusted like that - cleanse them with saline or sterile water. Ophthalmic eye ointments can be found at feed stores and online, so consider getting some to put in the eyes.