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Songster
Hi everyone!
So, first off, I learned a really hard lesson in biosecurity. Half of our chicks we raised this spring turned out to be boys. This is our first flock, and I didnt want to do chicks again so soon, so we replaced the boys with older pullets.
Last Sunday, we picked up an 8-ish week old GLW. I looked her over really well, didn't see anything alarming, so I put her in the run with our flock, implementing the see-but-not-touch method. Still plenty of opportunity to share germs though.
(Looking back, she had a bit of dried stuff near one of her nostrils that at the time I thought was food or something but was probably dried snot. Hind sight is 20/20.)
By Tuesday, I noticed she was sneezing nonstop and had a runny nose. I immediately pulled her out, and my husband built a small, quick quarantine coop/area for her.
Wednesday, one of her sinuses under her eye was swollen a bit (not enough to where her eye was shut, like Google images brings up when I searched), and her eye was watery. Her breathing was congested sounding, and she was opening her beak on occasion...it looked like she was taking a breath (gasping? It didn't look quite that dramatic as that sounds.).
A friend got some Lincomycin from her vet, who used to treat livestock but doesn't anymore. The vet said to treat the whole flock since they'd been exposed. I have been putting it in the GLW's water since Thursday morning. Friday, one of our other girls began sneezing so I started putting it in their water then.
Through all of this, the GLW has been eating and drinking (maybe not quite as much food as she would otherwise but still interested in it), has bright eyes, poops normally, etc. The swelling under her eye seems to be gone, and her eye is no longer watery. She still is sneezing, runny nose, and her breathing sounds a bit congested though. I dont notice her occasionally opening her beak to take a breath anymore either.
I got some LA-200 at TSC, and plan on giving her a shot of it tonight to see if that helps. What would the dosage be? And how many injections for how long? She's about 9 weeks old or so. After taking the injections, how long should symptoms persist?
I believe its Coryza, however I don't know for certain. There is a smell around her head, and her snot, that stinks. I wouldn't say it smells like "rotten eggs" as I've seen Coryza described, but more as a really stinky dog breath type smell...if that makes sense. She was free ranging when we picked her up so could have been exposed to anything a wild bird may have had, honestly. The girl I got her from said none of the others were showing symptoms, after I messaged her when this began. I haven't talked to her since so I don't know if any have developed.
The other girls haven't shown any more symptoms since Friday, but I'm unsure how long to continue the Lincomycin for them preventatively. I find it hard to dose the correct amount, as I'm not making large batches of it.
I feel I should add:
1.) A vet isn't an option, there would be quite a drive to get to one. I'm trying to treat with what I can do myself.
2.) I learned my lesson with quarantining new chickens and honestly, will only do day old chicks down the road.
3.) I have read SO much about all the different types of respiratory diseases and I understand that they will be carriers for life. I'm not culling any of our little flock...we have 5 total. They arent even laying yet, however 4 are getting closer to laying age at 14 weeks old. I plan to have a closed flock, until these are gone. I only want to treat the symptoms.
If you got this far - thank you so much. ❤
To summarize - how much LA-200 to inject for a smaller pullet, around 9 weeks old, who is sneezing, has a runny nose, and has congestion? Possibly Coryza.
When to stop the preventative Lincomycin in the rest of the flock's water? They've been separated for 6 days now.
So, first off, I learned a really hard lesson in biosecurity. Half of our chicks we raised this spring turned out to be boys. This is our first flock, and I didnt want to do chicks again so soon, so we replaced the boys with older pullets.
Last Sunday, we picked up an 8-ish week old GLW. I looked her over really well, didn't see anything alarming, so I put her in the run with our flock, implementing the see-but-not-touch method. Still plenty of opportunity to share germs though.
(Looking back, she had a bit of dried stuff near one of her nostrils that at the time I thought was food or something but was probably dried snot. Hind sight is 20/20.)By Tuesday, I noticed she was sneezing nonstop and had a runny nose. I immediately pulled her out, and my husband built a small, quick quarantine coop/area for her.
Wednesday, one of her sinuses under her eye was swollen a bit (not enough to where her eye was shut, like Google images brings up when I searched), and her eye was watery. Her breathing was congested sounding, and she was opening her beak on occasion...it looked like she was taking a breath (gasping? It didn't look quite that dramatic as that sounds.).
A friend got some Lincomycin from her vet, who used to treat livestock but doesn't anymore. The vet said to treat the whole flock since they'd been exposed. I have been putting it in the GLW's water since Thursday morning. Friday, one of our other girls began sneezing so I started putting it in their water then.
Through all of this, the GLW has been eating and drinking (maybe not quite as much food as she would otherwise but still interested in it), has bright eyes, poops normally, etc. The swelling under her eye seems to be gone, and her eye is no longer watery. She still is sneezing, runny nose, and her breathing sounds a bit congested though. I dont notice her occasionally opening her beak to take a breath anymore either.
I got some LA-200 at TSC, and plan on giving her a shot of it tonight to see if that helps. What would the dosage be? And how many injections for how long? She's about 9 weeks old or so. After taking the injections, how long should symptoms persist?
I believe its Coryza, however I don't know for certain. There is a smell around her head, and her snot, that stinks. I wouldn't say it smells like "rotten eggs" as I've seen Coryza described, but more as a really stinky dog breath type smell...if that makes sense. She was free ranging when we picked her up so could have been exposed to anything a wild bird may have had, honestly. The girl I got her from said none of the others were showing symptoms, after I messaged her when this began. I haven't talked to her since so I don't know if any have developed.
The other girls haven't shown any more symptoms since Friday, but I'm unsure how long to continue the Lincomycin for them preventatively. I find it hard to dose the correct amount, as I'm not making large batches of it.
I feel I should add:
1.) A vet isn't an option, there would be quite a drive to get to one. I'm trying to treat with what I can do myself.
2.) I learned my lesson with quarantining new chickens and honestly, will only do day old chicks down the road.
3.) I have read SO much about all the different types of respiratory diseases and I understand that they will be carriers for life. I'm not culling any of our little flock...we have 5 total. They arent even laying yet, however 4 are getting closer to laying age at 14 weeks old. I plan to have a closed flock, until these are gone. I only want to treat the symptoms.
If you got this far - thank you so much. ❤
To summarize - how much LA-200 to inject for a smaller pullet, around 9 weeks old, who is sneezing, has a runny nose, and has congestion? Possibly Coryza.
When to stop the preventative Lincomycin in the rest of the flock's water? They've been separated for 6 days now.
