Molasses "flush" Urgent update post #7 Canker Question!

[Eggcessive]

Sorry for your loss. Canker, wet fowl pox, and yeast can all look a bit the same. Hopefully, the meds will help. If a bad odor happens though, it may be canker. That is treated with metronidazole (Fish Zole,) ronidazole, and some others.

 

[ChicNmom]

It smells really bad. The vet was leaning towards putting both down. Because of reading about the smell with canker I told her I wanted to try the Nystatin for him.
Also he is young and still eating everything with no signs of lethargy so I wanted to give him a chance. I ordered the acidified copper sulfate and metronidizole in case I need it for the others.

 

[Eggcessive]

Nystatin won’t treat canker. It is for treating yeast (candida albicans) or a fungal infection. Your vet could order the metronidazole or some Flagyl locally which is the same drug. Most pharamacies sell it.

 

[ChicNmom]

I was thinking of that last night. Since we can't go in with the animals it's hard to communicate. Plus few doctors of any kind want to hear what you think is going on. I may not have been clear about my thoughts and the word canker slipped my mind. I'm going to e-mail them about this. I have the fishzole coming. I ordered it before I went to the vet.

Thanks for all your help!

 

[Eggcessive]

Be sure to disinfect your feeders and waterers and I would separate any with symptoms of canker.

 

[ChicNmom]

The vet is going to give me something else for Steve. " a de-wormer that has some action against protozoa called fenbendazole ". I feel bad for him. He is such a timid little rooster. Always has been a nervous guy and the stress of the vet and being separated seem to have taken some of his energy. Beak checks tonight for the rest of the crew.

 

[ChicNmom]

Preliminary report on Pearl was that she had a reproductive disease. So it was a coincidence that the other bird got sick.

I'm pretty sure it's canker. I have 20 remaining birds with 3 newer ones I got last year. Most of them are old and retired. I never intended to have that many even though we built a really large coop and run. For now I'm going to manage the disease if possible while waiting for the retirees to die off. 2 more are possibly showing signs so I will treat them directly. Then start the acidified copper sulfate every month. They have all been exposed at this point so that seems like a plan I can live with for now.

Any suggestions relating to this plan are appreciated. Especially if someone has done this before long term.

 

[Eggcessive]

Thanks for the preliminary report. I haven’t dealt with canker before, but it sounds like a good plan. Reproductive disorders are the most common cause of death in hens. I lose a few of my older hens each year, and their home necropsies have shown internal laying/salpingitis, ascites, cancer, and 1 fatty liver disease. Many suffer from crop disorders secondary to the reproductive problem, and end up losing weight.