- Sep 14, 2007
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Okay. Had a top gal -BLACK JACK- all of the sudden sick with swelling around eyes and some light bubbling. Her breath was not sweet smelling but not rancid. She was acting like nothing was wrong. Thought it was Bacterial so not wanting a vet bill treated her with small chunks of left over Metronidazole and Amoxixillin clav 875 - both are used to treat bacterial infections.
The little bit of foaming in her one eye went away after a week, but the swelling stayed. I usually check my gals weekly but we were in construction mode and missed her and 3 other broody's with swollen and crusty eyes. In one both eyes were totally crusted....not a mite problem. Seeing how I was heading out of town for 4 days and could not find anyone to care for my girls and reading left me believing it might be Coryza I culled my sick girls. I stilled prayed that it wasn't Coryza. I hoped that it was just bacterial and since I culled those I found sick...that was that.
Well It's now a few weeks later I am down to 3 hens and 3 juveniles..2 f 1 m..and in a separate yard a hen with 2 small chicks.
I checked all and found 2 of the small juvies 1m 1f both have varying degree of one ear being swollen but no discharge, and they are acting like nothing is wrong. WHAT DO I DO NOW??????
Do I cull? If I do and then do I need to cull the separate hen with her 2 young chicks since she spent most of her broody time in the communal hen house before all this started...then she was separated and brought inside to hatch and then raise the chicks in a diff yard that the other hen has been in. If this is Coryza then it had to come in via the 3 chicks I picked up at my feed store.
HELP!!! What do I do now?????
The little bit of foaming in her one eye went away after a week, but the swelling stayed. I usually check my gals weekly but we were in construction mode and missed her and 3 other broody's with swollen and crusty eyes. In one both eyes were totally crusted....not a mite problem. Seeing how I was heading out of town for 4 days and could not find anyone to care for my girls and reading left me believing it might be Coryza I culled my sick girls. I stilled prayed that it wasn't Coryza. I hoped that it was just bacterial and since I culled those I found sick...that was that.
Well It's now a few weeks later I am down to 3 hens and 3 juveniles..2 f 1 m..and in a separate yard a hen with 2 small chicks.
I checked all and found 2 of the small juvies 1m 1f both have varying degree of one ear being swollen but no discharge, and they are acting like nothing is wrong. WHAT DO I DO NOW??????
Do I cull? If I do and then do I need to cull the separate hen with her 2 young chicks since she spent most of her broody time in the communal hen house before all this started...then she was separated and brought inside to hatch and then raise the chicks in a diff yard that the other hen has been in. If this is Coryza then it had to come in via the 3 chicks I picked up at my feed store.
HELP!!! What do I do now?????