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wingstone said:

This handsome boy belongs to hubby, but we only had 1 hen....

hubby was out there today telling him that we got him some hen's from Eli....yes this was a grown man sitting on the ground talking to a rooster....and i am the crazy one..
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Sounds like JJ
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Wing...let me know when you need more duckie eggs. I have about 70 sitting here right now between pekin, runner & call.
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:ep [COLOR=800080]OMGoodness, that one on the top really does look like a fat tick, doesn't it?? But, the one on the bottom looks like an ingrown feather, hmmm... Only one way to be sure...[/COLOR][COLOR=800080]:sick .[/COLOR]

Ok, so with my husband holding on, assorted gauze pads, antibiotics, tweezers (you get the idea) I found out that they were both ingrown feathers. EW..EW..EW... And on the bright note, I think the pharmacist at Rite Aid officially lost it when I asked if they stocked scalpels, because I needed one for my chicken's surgery. He said, "Don't you use a knife, like everybody else?"
 
I am freaking out!

Some one please, help me out here. I have a brooder full of sneezing & raspy breathing chicks. I am not kidding. It started with the older ones that were in with my ducks and now it has spread to almost everyone else. I had two that are gasping like they have something stuck in their throats. They did stop when they fall asleep. One passed since this morning. They have been on Duramycin for 3 days with more spread and no improvement. There is no eye or nose discharge. Just the sneezing and raspiness. Everyone is still eating & drinking and no one is acting cold.

I have NO idea what the heck to do! The chicks range from 5 days to nearly 3wks old. I have 150 chicks at stake - chocolates, Polish tolbunts, my restart of wheaten Ameraucanas, bantam BBS Orps... Plus more chicks in the hatcher that I have no idea what to do with!

I thought, and still think, this started with the chicks that were in the brooder with the messy ducks. Could they have brooder pneumonia and they are passing the bacteria? Or is this something else? I am concerned because of that black cockerel I got that has the clear nasal discharge and the sneeze. I have been VERY careful to wash an disinfect when I work with him. But, he's in with 3 girls and none of them are sick (all in quarantine) So, obviously that's not contagious. I've had them for 2wks and no spread.

Some, please tell me you've dealt with something like this and what you did. OMG, I hope I don't have to cull everyone.
 
Reyvaughn said:
I am freaking out!

Some one please, help me out here. I have a brooder full of sneezing & raspy breathing chicks. I am not kidding. It started with the older ones that were in with my ducks and now it has spread to almost everyone else. I had two that are gasping like they have something stuck in their throats. They did stop when they fall asleep. One passed since this morning. They have been on Duramycin for 3 days with more spread and no improvement. There is no eye or nose discharge. Just the sneezing and raspiness. Everyone is still eating & drinking and no one is acting cold.

I have NO idea what the heck to do! The chicks range from 5 days to nearly 3wks old. I have 150 chicks at stake - chocolates, Polish tolbunts, my restart of wheaten Ameraucanas, bantam BBS Orps... Plus more chicks in the hatcher that I have no idea what to do with!

I thought, and still think, this started with the chicks that were in the brooder with the messy ducks. Could they have brooder pneumonia and they are passing the bacteria? Or is this something else? I am concerned because of that black cockerel I got that has the clear nasal discharge and the sneeze. I have been VERY careful to wash an disinfect when I work with him. But, he's in with 3 girls and none of them are sick (all in quarantine) So, obviously that's not contagious. I've had them for 2wks and no spread.

Some, please tell me you've dealt with something like this and what you did. OMG, I hope I don't have to cull everyone.
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Get deramyicine at tractor supply and throw your eggs away for the next 21 day after they take the antibiotic, they will all be ok , Mine had it this winter,
 
Reyvaughn said:
I am freaking out!

Some one please, help me out here. I have a brooder full of sneezing & raspy breathing chicks. I am not kidding. It started with the older ones that were in with my ducks and now it has spread to almost everyone else. I had two that are gasping like they have something stuck in their throats. They did stop when they fall asleep. One passed since this morning. They have been on Duramycin for 3 days with more spread and no improvement. There is no eye or nose discharge. Just the sneezing and raspiness. Everyone is still eating & drinking and no one is acting cold.

I have NO idea what the heck to do! The chicks range from 5 days to nearly 3wks old. I have 150 chicks at stake - chocolates, Polish tolbunts, my restart of wheaten Ameraucanas, bantam BBS Orps... Plus more chicks in the hatcher that I have no idea what to do with!

I thought, and still think, this started with the chicks that were in the brooder with the messy ducks. Could they have brooder pneumonia and they are passing the bacteria? Or is this something else? I am concerned because of that black cockerel I got that has the clear nasal discharge and the sneeze. I have been VERY careful to wash an disinfect when I work with him. But, he's in with 3 girls and none of them are sick (all in quarantine) So, obviously that's not contagious. I've had them for 2wks and no spread.

Some, please tell me you've dealt with something like this and what you did. OMG, I hope I don't have to cull everyone.
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Isolate every chick showing symptoms immediately. Put any that are sick in a separate brooder to keep it from spreading. Completely clean & disinfect the brooder they are in. Load both groups with antibiotics as preventative & treatment. Use VetRx or Vick's VapoRub under both wings on each chick showing symptoms. Cull if necessary.
 
SilkieSensation said:
Isolate every chick showing symptoms immediately. Put any that are sick in a separate brooder to keep it from spreading. Completely clean & disinfect the brooder they are in. Load both groups with antibiotics as preventative & treatment. Use VetRx or Vick's VapoRub under both wings on each chick showing symptoms. Cull if necessary.
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Every chick in the sunroom has it. Seems the older ones aren't as bad as I thought. Only one sneezed while I was out there.

I am afraid all the inside chicks will need to be culled. There is over $1000 of chicks and I am going to lose everything because of those darn ducks! OMG. I hate living ducks now.
 
Reyvaughn said:
Quote: I've never had a problem with my ducks & chicks being together unless the bedding gets too wet. I have ducks & chicks (& poults & quail) all in 1 brooder right now. I limit water supply & don't let them soak the bedding. I remove wet bedding daily as needed. My duckies also go to wire bottom cages ASAP, but so does everything else. The chicks could have possibly gotten sick from either mold in the bedding or from being cold & wet. Try treating if possible but clean everything & separate out the worst ones.
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