ninja333pirate
Songster
So I have a silkie I found yesterday that started with swollen eyes and some yellow gunk on the inside of the beak where the nares are. A few hours later the inside of the beak swelled up and the throat seems to be swollen too and she has mucus coming from her eyes and nose but it is not crusty. I pried open her eyes to look inside and it just looks like a bunch of swollen tissue, I could not see any pus. she also keeps coughing and sputtering when she drinks her water once in a while.
She cant see to eat or drink, so I have been offering her water with nutri drench and raw egg. she can get liquid down but I have not tried anything more solid then raw egg water for fear she chokes on it. I have been rinsing her eyes out with saline and putting terramycin in her eyes and wiping off her eyes and nose. I also have been putting Vetrx in her water and rubbing it all over her head and behind her wings.
None of my other chickens have been showing signs of any illness. Not even the chicks she has been raising for the past 4 weeks. (I was so proud of her as she took in 2 week old chicks. She also was eating and drinking well (made sure her and the chicks had access to food separate from the rest. I got her from someone else a few months ago along with another chicken (I quarantined them for 30 days) and the other chicken I got from the same person does not seem sick either.
Does anyone know of any Vets in Washington (Skagit county area) that do in house lab work to test what might be wrong with her? or any place I can send a sample too (without her dying) to test? From what I have read It could be coryza or Mycoplasma, or even poultry pox (been having mosquitoes a lot this year). I am dreading it being either coryza or mycoplasma because I dont want to have a permanently diseased flock.
If anyone has any advice let me know. I am stumped. I will try and get pictures later, I need a hand to get the picture of the inside of the mouth.
She cant see to eat or drink, so I have been offering her water with nutri drench and raw egg. she can get liquid down but I have not tried anything more solid then raw egg water for fear she chokes on it. I have been rinsing her eyes out with saline and putting terramycin in her eyes and wiping off her eyes and nose. I also have been putting Vetrx in her water and rubbing it all over her head and behind her wings.
None of my other chickens have been showing signs of any illness. Not even the chicks she has been raising for the past 4 weeks. (I was so proud of her as she took in 2 week old chicks. She also was eating and drinking well (made sure her and the chicks had access to food separate from the rest. I got her from someone else a few months ago along with another chicken (I quarantined them for 30 days) and the other chicken I got from the same person does not seem sick either.
Does anyone know of any Vets in Washington (Skagit county area) that do in house lab work to test what might be wrong with her? or any place I can send a sample too (without her dying) to test? From what I have read It could be coryza or Mycoplasma, or even poultry pox (been having mosquitoes a lot this year). I am dreading it being either coryza or mycoplasma because I dont want to have a permanently diseased flock.
If anyone has any advice let me know. I am stumped. I will try and get pictures later, I need a hand to get the picture of the inside of the mouth.