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[Ksane]

Thanks Kassandra for the info. I know from reading through hundreds of threads on BYC that the smart thing to do is cull them. And no they will never be put with my large egg producing flock. I have called local vets, OSU vet school, and not one person is willing to even look at them to see what I'm up against. So I'm going to give them a week. If the little frizzle has only a cold, or water was in her lungs she won't be a carrier will she?

OSU vet school actually *does look at chickens. Ask for the Exotics Dept. Also Dr Zinn at Four corners vet in Guthrie will see chickens. Good ole' Amoxicillon would probably help.
I talk like I'd do it, but I've actually never culled any bird :-/ I can't even kill the dying ones, I have to have someone else do it. I *have spent hundreds at vets trying to get them better. Most die anyway so I don't go that route anymore.

 

[lonnyandrinda]

OSU vet school actually *does look at chickens. Ask for the Exotics Dept. Also Dr Zinn at Four corners vet in Guthrie will see chickens. Good ole' Amoxicillon would probably help.
I talk like I'd do it, but I've actually never culled any bird :-/ I can't even kill the dying ones, I have to have someone else do it. I *have spent hundreds at vets trying to get them better. Most die anyway so I don't go that route anymore.

Scrapperval I also found a vet in south Tulsa who will see chickens, 101st and Sheridan. I can look up their contact info if you want.

 

[Kassaundra]

Thanks Kassandra for the info. I know from reading through hundreds of threads on BYC that the smart thing to do is cull them. And no they will never be put with my large egg producing flock. I have called local vets, OSU vet school, and not one person is willing to even look at them to see what I'm up against. So I'm going to give them a week. If the little frizzle has only a cold, or water was in her lungs she won't be a carrier will she?

If it is just aspiration of water, she will not be a carrier, however she has been w/ sick birds, highly doubtful she has just aspirtated.

 

[artsyrobin]

Sounds like exactly what I need to do, but my heart says give them a chance. The frizzle female that was gurgling is so much better today. She is eating and drinking now. I gave them a bath immediately upon arriving at our house and am wondering if maybe she got some water in her little lungs. The polish roo is actually starting to ooze some of that stuff out of his eye, still have a long way to go though. It's just difficult to give up on them so soon.

i am a bit behind- but- on the roo, have you done any reading on yeast infectitons? i am wondering if that might be the issue

what meds do you have the little frizzle on? i am thinking tylan for her

 

[Kyzmette]

Just an fyi, if it's just a gurgle, chickens can get those by being stressed. This is one of those things the more knowledgeable people are telling you, that a ton of illnesses all have the same symptoms. Poco Pollo gave me a beautiful roo. I brought him home, and he popped and gurgled like he had the worst pneumonia. The poor guy was a little high strung, he'd been ripped from his home, stuffed in a box, taken somewhere new, stressed to the max... and he showed it by gurgling. I had a hen do the same thing after a dog attack shortly after.

You have them all isolated. You could always wait until they get healthy and add another bird or two in with them to see if they make the newcomers sick.

 

[countryhen]

thanks I'll try to get some chicks from ideal but if anyone has laying hens any breed, I would like some. I have orpingtons, Necked necks, silkies (would like more),brown leghorn,& some mixed (not sure whats).

I need an incubator not for chicks but to hatch my own chicks from my buff orpingtons.

 

[FlyingM]

I'm looking for chicks but don't have an incubator

How young do you want? I have some that are a few weeks to about 4 weeks old.

 

[ClewisOK]

Not sure where you are located but I am in Stillwater twice a week for school if you needed transport. I drive in from Mustang.

 

[Scrapperval]

There are 2 frizzles, 1 bantam and a polish crested. All of them are on Tylan 50 injectable once a day. Yesterday I bought some tetracycline but haven't started it yet because I don't know if one will cancel the other. I do not know about yeast infections in chickens. Will look that up. They could very well be stressed, because I just bought them Saturday evening, only 4 out of hundreds of fowl literally, all cooped up in a garage, with pens on top of pens or 50 or more in separate pens right next to each other. Should have been my first clue.

 

[Kyzmette]

If it's stress, it'll go away on its own. George gurgled and dribbled a little. They may also lose a few feathers, but it shouldn't spread to any other hens if it's just stress. Poco talked me down from panicing over poor George. I kept him isolated and when I felt he was ready, I introduced him to another of my chickens just to see how the two interacted. When I didn't have any problems with the two for a couple of weeks, I felt I could introduce him to the rest of the flock. Chickens can get massively stressed over big moves and auctions and animal attacks. Another FYI... they can also get depressed if you leave them alone. Who knew, right?

The eye thing, though... I'm clueless on that.

I'm in the middle of building a large pen for the main flock I'm planning. The wonderful people on this site and the little experience I've gotten so far has been a great teaching experience, and I have plans for the large pen, a chick pen, and an isolation pen located some distance away from the main pen.

And, of course, my utility room, which will continue to be the sick room for my sweet girls who need extra loving whenever some awful predator manages to get too close.