Hen with labored breathing

[alinas2010]

Ok I’ll use the tylosin, she doesn’t have bubbly or foamy eyes, and she’s doesn’t have an enlarged under belly, I’ve been checking her daily because I’ve had a hen with water belly. I can’t currently fully seperate her and don’t see how much it could do after almost a week of symptoms but I can’t set up a temporary pen in my coop where she can’t get controlled food and medication and peace from the others

Yes give the medicine a try, see if that helps. See that she is eating and drinking enough. If she needs separated for peace and to get food/water, a large wire dog crate works well if you can get one. That way she can still be in site of the flock.

 

[Belovedturkey]

Yes give the medicine a try, see if that helps. See that she is eating and drinking enough. If she needs separated for peace and to get food/water, a large wire dog crate works well if you can get one. That way she can still be in site of the flock.

Right now I am using a a play pen that I can adjust the size of, it also works better because I don’t want hens roosting and pooping on her in a crate, but I do have crates to use if needed.

 

[alinas2010]

Right now I am using a a play pen that I can adjust the size of, it also works better because I don’t want hens roosting and pooping on her in a crate, but I do have crates to use if needed.

Oh there you go, nice plan. I hope she recovers.

 

[Belovedturkey]

Oh there you go, nice plan. I hope she recovers.

Me too, I’ll update if anything goes terribly wrong

 

[alinas2010]

If you haven’t tried already, she might like some scrambled eggs or wetted down chicken feed.

 

[Belovedturkey]

If you haven’t tried already, she might like some scrambled eggs or wetted down chicken feed.

I haven’t but I will, thankyou

 

[Belovedturkey]

my hen was feeling better for a while, so I let her out out of the cage and ended up treating my whole flock with tylosin but tonight I noticed that her breathing had started being labored again and she is now sneezing and looks worse than she was before. should I put her in a kennel with antibiotics or is there something else I can do? I have run out of tylosin , but I’m trying to get more. Where I get my tylosin is sold out right now so I ordered a doxy tylosin mix for now

 

[Eggcessive]

Mycoplasma (MG) is a chronic life long infection. Since they can have a recurrence during times of stress, it would probably be good to keep tylosin or tiagard/denagard around to treat when their is an outbreak in the flock.

 

[Belovedturkey]

Mycoplasma (MG) is a chronic life long infection. Since they can have a recurrence during times of stress, it would probably be good to keep tylosin or tiagard/denagard around to treat when their is an outbreak in the flock.

So this is a mycoplasma flare up? I recently ran out of tylosin because I had to treat my flock , the doxy tylosin will arrive on 4/24 until then I can give her probiotics and vet rx

 

[Eggcessive]

So this is a mycoplasma flare up? I recently ran out of tylosin because I had to treat my flock , the doxy tylosin will arrive on 4/24 until then I can give her probiotics and vet rx

It looks like it to me. Since MG is a chronic disease, you can see later outbreaks, or even see it in others. I don’t recommend the doxy-tyl, since doxycycline requires an egg withdrawal time. Tylosin by itself does not. TiaGard or Denagard also do not require an egg withdrawal time, but also treat MG symptoms.