Harmoni
Songster
For anyone giving advice who hasn't been following my mess:
My flock is of 11 adult hens, 9 mixed juveniles (10-14 weeks) and 3 chicks (6 weeks). We have not added any new adult birds since the middle of February. We have had off and on issues with roundworms.
The beginning of April one of my girls stopped laying. She was also having loose poop that likely resulted in feather loss. As a precautionary (I didn't see any mites or lice) I did a one time ivermectin pour on. Suspecting a high worm load, I started treating with liquid fenbendazole (safeguard liquid). I ended up doing 4 days of 1ml per adult hen. By day 4, I was not seeing anymore excreted worms.
The following day one of the birds started with a crackling/snoring type sound combined with a cough when breathing. I thought maybe I caused her to aspirate some medicine. Her crackling and coughing wasn't constant. One of her eyes had a tiny bit of bubbling but she was otherwise actually normal. That started on Friday. Last deworming treatment was Thursday. Saturday she wasn't any worse. Sunday was Easter so I wasn't out with them much but she was still active and no one else seemed to be having issues.
Monday morning a different bird was having pretty bad rales and coughing. She was acting a bit more lethargic than the first bird so I put her in isolation to monitor her food and water intake and poop. I fed her some eggs with vitamins and put a diffuser with some essential oils for breathing next to the crate. This morning, her breathing is better, minor crackling, no more rales and barely coughing. Eye bubbles were also gone. But bird #1 is now worse. She sounds like bird 2 did yesterday. So I added her to bird 2's isolation. Upon inspection last night, there are at least 3 other birds with milder symptoms (eye bubbles, minor nasal discharge, minor crackling). This morning there was a soft shell egg on the poop board.
Now for my questions:
1. I ordered doxycycline that is coming today. Is that worth trying?
2. I ordered denegard, should I treat the entire flock, including babies with it? (The babies are secluded but within respiratory droplets range)
3. We are due for our followup deworming this weekend, should I do it even with the respiratory issues going on?
4. I can get LA 200 today, what gauge needle do I need and who should I treat with it? The more severely symptomatic or anyone with symptoms?
Thanks for anyone has made it this far and thank you to the people I'm about to tag who have been trying to help.
@dawg53 @Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock
My flock is of 11 adult hens, 9 mixed juveniles (10-14 weeks) and 3 chicks (6 weeks). We have not added any new adult birds since the middle of February. We have had off and on issues with roundworms.
The beginning of April one of my girls stopped laying. She was also having loose poop that likely resulted in feather loss. As a precautionary (I didn't see any mites or lice) I did a one time ivermectin pour on. Suspecting a high worm load, I started treating with liquid fenbendazole (safeguard liquid). I ended up doing 4 days of 1ml per adult hen. By day 4, I was not seeing anymore excreted worms.
The following day one of the birds started with a crackling/snoring type sound combined with a cough when breathing. I thought maybe I caused her to aspirate some medicine. Her crackling and coughing wasn't constant. One of her eyes had a tiny bit of bubbling but she was otherwise actually normal. That started on Friday. Last deworming treatment was Thursday. Saturday she wasn't any worse. Sunday was Easter so I wasn't out with them much but she was still active and no one else seemed to be having issues.
Monday morning a different bird was having pretty bad rales and coughing. She was acting a bit more lethargic than the first bird so I put her in isolation to monitor her food and water intake and poop. I fed her some eggs with vitamins and put a diffuser with some essential oils for breathing next to the crate. This morning, her breathing is better, minor crackling, no more rales and barely coughing. Eye bubbles were also gone. But bird #1 is now worse. She sounds like bird 2 did yesterday. So I added her to bird 2's isolation. Upon inspection last night, there are at least 3 other birds with milder symptoms (eye bubbles, minor nasal discharge, minor crackling). This morning there was a soft shell egg on the poop board.
Now for my questions:
1. I ordered doxycycline that is coming today. Is that worth trying?
2. I ordered denegard, should I treat the entire flock, including babies with it? (The babies are secluded but within respiratory droplets range)
3. We are due for our followup deworming this weekend, should I do it even with the respiratory issues going on?
4. I can get LA 200 today, what gauge needle do I need and who should I treat with it? The more severely symptomatic or anyone with symptoms?
Thanks for anyone has made it this far and thank you to the people I'm about to tag who have been trying to help.
@dawg53 @Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock
