Hen with Heavy/Labored Breathing

[ddboersma]

Hello! My 18wk old hen has been a little off these past 2 weeks (puffed up, standoffish, trying to sleep). After fecal test showed negative for everything, I treated my flock with Corid hoping it would help. Today was day 7. Today my hen started doing something that sounds like a sneeze and hiccup at once, and her breathing became labored. Mouth slightly open and can see deep breathing. It has gotten worse throughout the day. Am now seeing a little bit of something glistening by nostril. Moisture of some sort.
She has been eating and drinking normally in isolation. She is always more perked up and eats a lot when isolated.
What can I do to help her?? Switched to vitamin/electrolyte/probiotics in water. The only poultry medication I have on hand aside from vitamins is Denagard and I don’t even know if that helps with such things (someone recommended it for a symptom one of my chickens had several months ago, but chicken got over it before it came in the mail so I never used it). Help please! And thank you!
Coop and run are clean. She eats nothing but scratch and peck brand crumbles.

 

[hettieP]

They can have adult human doses of augmentin or augmentin duo forte and/or doxycycline because birds metabolism is so high. I routinely give my sick birds human antibiotics at human doses. Laboured breathing like that could indicate a pneumonia. If it was my bird it would be getting 50 - 100mg doxycycline and a full tablet of augmentin or augmentin duo forte (half a tab if you want to be conservative). Daily for 3-5 days

 

[ddboersma]

They can have adult human doses of augmentin or augmentin duo forte and/or doxycycline because birds metabolism is so high. I routinely give my sick birds human antibiotics at human doses. Laboured breathing like that could indicate a pneumonia. If it was my bird it would be getting 50 - 100mg doxycycline and a full tablet of augmentin or augmentin duo forte (half a tab if you want to be conservative). Daily for 3-5 days

Thank you! What is the quickest way to get any of these?

 

[hettieP]

People might have some at home - augmentin or augmentin duo forte is a good broad spectrum anti which is commonly prescribed for dental abscess, animal bite, mild diverticulitis flares, etc.
Doxycycline is commonly prescribed for acne. It is also often prescribed as malaria prophylaxis and STI management in humans.
If nobody has those lying about consider a BIRD vet. I say bird vet as non-specialist vets tend to under dose birds not noting their higher metabolic rate for their size compared to mammals. Bird vet can give u a script for the meds and you can fill them at a human pharmacy as you're talking human strength doses here.

 

[hettieP]

Where are you located? PM me rough location as I know a vet who could possibly assist you with medication