Oxygen compressor recommendations?

[mlmaxwell73]

Hello, my chicken has been sick with a respiratory bacterial infection. She's on antibiotics and recovering at home now. Part of her treatment was oxygen- she was at the vet hospital for 9 days, on oxygen for 8 of those days. I'd like to get a set up at home so I could have them at home as much as possible, should this happen again in future. I'm wondering if anyone has experience with an oxygen compressor that they would recommend?

This is the one I purchased, it hasn't arrived yet and I can send it back if I find something better: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DT1MKLHC/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_3?smid=A2GEBGSQPUIVV8&psc=1

Thank you,
Mindy

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry about having a sick chicken. Do you know what disease your chicken had? Did the vet do testing? Does the vet agree with you having oxygen available at home? Respiratory diseases can be chronic and are usually contagious for life especially mycoplasma gallisepticum or coryza, and the viruses, such as infectious bronchitis will make them carriers for up to a year. They make the other flock members carriers. I don’t recommend using oxygen at home for chickens with respiratory diseases. For one thing, if oxygen is used it is flammable. The best thing I can recommend is to identify what disease you are dealing with, either treat with the right antibiotic or cull sick birds, and close your flock for the life of all of your birds. Once all carriers have eventually died over the years, then you may be able to get new baby chicks from a hatchery and start over with healthy birds.

 

[mlmaxwell73]

Hi there, Yes, she has a coryza-a bacteria infection and the vet did recommend oxygen at home if she seems to need it as she's recovering.

 

[Eggcessive]

I think that is a reasonably priced one for home use. MG and coryza can look similar. MG is much more common and is treated with Tylosin, Denagard/Tiagard, oxytetracycline, and doxycycline. Coryza which is more serious is usually treated with sulfa antibiotics (bactrim, sulfadimethoxine, trimeth-sulfa,) or a combo of tylosin and sulfa antibiotics. Good luck with your chicken.

 

[mlmaxwell73]

I know it is coryza-a bacteria infection because the vet did a panel and that's what came back. The only symptom she had was breathing, also loss of appetite. She's much better now with antibiotics... and they're switching her to doxycycline today, but she's still making a noise when she breathes/when she's excited after we give her her pills.

You've had chickens with coryza-a bacteria infections? None of our other chickens have any symptoms. Frankly, I don't care if their egg production is reduced or even stops. We have 9 chickens and they are our pets. What I'm wondering, based on what you've shared, is whether or not Grace will have recurring infections or health issues as a result of this infection, and the same for our other chickens assuming they have been exposed. Any thought/experience related to that quesiton would be much appreciated.

And we don't take the chickens anywhere or have other chickens here, so they're pretty 'closed' as is. Thank you for telling me this, though, it's important for me to know.