Labored breathing, mucus, not eating for 2 days.. please help!

[Wyorp Rock]

If it's been a while and they become symptomatic, then you can use the Tylan50. If it's a short period of time, then consider a different antibiotic.

Some folks that have an MG+ flock use Denagard (Tiamulin) for 3 days each month to help keep symptoms under control.

Hopefully once they recover you won't have any more issues, but it's possible that it may spread through your existing flock and you'll need to treat the ones that become symptomatic now. Any new birds that you bring in, will likely become sick too. So...most keep a closed flock - they don't bring in any new birds and definitely don't sell /give away any birds or hatching eggs.
It really stinks to have to do that, but otherwise there's a good potential of spreading the illness to someone else's flock.

 

[citychicks99]

If it's been a while and they become symptomatic, then you can use the Tylan50. If it's a short period of time, then consider a different antibiotic.

Some folks that have an MG+ flock use Denagard (Tiamulin) for 3 days each month to help keep symptoms under control.

Hopefully once they recover you won't have any more issues, but it's possible that it may spread through your existing flock and you'll need to treat the ones that become symptomatic now. Any new birds that you bring in, will likely become sick too. So...most keep a closed flock - they don't bring in any new birds and definitely don't sell /give away any birds or hatching eggs.
It really stinks to have to do that, but otherwise there's a good potential of spreading the illness to someone else's flock.

I see that valleyvet sells 12.5% Denagard. I might just order it now and give it to them as a preventative. It's very wet here. I can see the illness returning in this kind of weather. I tried doing some research and it looks like as a preventative, it would be 125mg (.125cc ?) per litre of drinking water. Does that sound right? And it sounds like it's bitter so I should add some juice to their water to get them to drink it.

Ahhh yeah, that does suck. I only have the two birds now. I had to have my brother's gf take her 3 birds back. I thought about getting more baby chicks in the summer but I'm going to have to wait until I no longer have my current birds before I can get new ones.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I see that valleyvet sells 12.5% Denagard. I might just order it now and give it to them as a preventative. It's very wet here. I can see the illness returning in this kind of weather. I tried doing some research and it looks like as a preventative, it would be 125mg (.125cc ?) per litre of drinking water. Does that sound right? And it sounds like it's bitter so I should add some juice to their water to get them to drink it.

Ahhh yeah, that does suck. I only have the two birds now. I had to have my brother's gf take her 3 birds back. I thought about getting more baby chicks in the summer but I'm going to have to wait until I no longer have my current birds before I can get new ones.

Sounds right.