i've made a big mistake, i brought home 7 sussex chicks that weren't at their prime and introduced them to a brooder with 30 other chicks their same age. I'll never make that mistake again, but i only had 3 brooders so i thought by putting them in the house brooder i could keep a better eye on them. that was sunday afternoon. I work midnights. when i got up on tuesday i noticed them all (the sussex and orps and chanties) sneezing, this was approximately 48 hours after being put together, before that the orps were completely healthy, hatched in my house hadn't left the house yet or come into contact with anything else. It had to have come from the less then stellar sussex. Signs showed up between 36 and 48 hours.
They are sneezing, it sounds snotty but no one has any mucus from their noses or eyes or anything.
poop is normal and solid
i see them swallowing and the odd yawn. no coughing.
No blood or runs.
good appetite and vigor still, they sleep a fair bit but so do all chicks right? i see them doing the jumping rooster dance and flapping around and what not.
There is one gosling in there, but i don't think she has caught it... i see no sneezing, swallowing or anything to make me think she is unhealthy.
I put them on Poly-tonine A super booster no. 1 on tuesday night. active antibiotics are penicillin g potassium and streptomycin sulfate...I ran out and couldnt find any more at the local feed stores so switched them to neo-chlor, active ingrediants are tetracycline HCL and neomycin sulfate. I switched them last night. Also adding the vitamine booster to water aswell.
I'm not sure what they have. no one has died, or looks on deaths door. a couple look frumpy, but at other times they dont. i hear the sneezing, but cant find any snot. poop is normal. Not sure what to do.
Any help would be appreciated. If anyone knows what they have that would be helpfull too. Ideally i would like to help them recover, but i don't want to accidently infect my healthy chicks and turkeys out in the barn. I also have chicks due to hatch soon and again would prefer not to infect them.
Thanks
sib
They are sneezing, it sounds snotty but no one has any mucus from their noses or eyes or anything.
poop is normal and solid
i see them swallowing and the odd yawn. no coughing.
No blood or runs.
good appetite and vigor still, they sleep a fair bit but so do all chicks right? i see them doing the jumping rooster dance and flapping around and what not.
There is one gosling in there, but i don't think she has caught it... i see no sneezing, swallowing or anything to make me think she is unhealthy.
I put them on Poly-tonine A super booster no. 1 on tuesday night. active antibiotics are penicillin g potassium and streptomycin sulfate...I ran out and couldnt find any more at the local feed stores so switched them to neo-chlor, active ingrediants are tetracycline HCL and neomycin sulfate. I switched them last night. Also adding the vitamine booster to water aswell.
I'm not sure what they have. no one has died, or looks on deaths door. a couple look frumpy, but at other times they dont. i hear the sneezing, but cant find any snot. poop is normal. Not sure what to do.
Any help would be appreciated. If anyone knows what they have that would be helpfull too. Ideally i would like to help them recover, but i don't want to accidently infect my healthy chicks and turkeys out in the barn. I also have chicks due to hatch soon and again would prefer not to infect them.
Thanks
sib
