Thank you Bee! yeah I got a way to remember it.
I have an online friend that has those large dogs and she abbreviates their breed name Pyre or something like that so I thought, oh I can remember which P word because of Marilyn's dogs.
Bee I'm afraid I have a sick chick, one of my BA's. I am ALMOST positive it is the SAME ONE I thought was missing! I thought something got it but when I let them out a couple days later and got them back in the pen there it was, all 23 black chicks. Don't know HOW it survived with no food and water outside the pen.
This morning hubby counted them and saw that there was 23. This was yesterday that I let them out....... Anyway I could hear it breathing tonight and it was whizpy sounding. I went to that side of the roost to see which one it was and it was the BA. Wanted to pass this by you and see what you think about it. I found this info some where and I don't remember where I found it but I like natural so I cut and pasted it just in case. Don't think its yours because I labeled all I cut and pasted of your info. Anyway this was the info.... this is what they said about their chickens. I'm only hearing the one doing this but thought this might be something I might need to do before it gets worse. ????
respiratory infection that affected my entire flock.
They were all very sick with thick mucous discharge, severe lethargy, wheezing,
and coughing. Also the discharge had a very bad odor. The roosters where unable
to crow.
I researched remedies and posted on one of the threads for ideas of how to treat
my chicken family.
In the end I decided to try the natural approach because the antibiotics that are
available seemed to be a little dangerous if not given right.
The natural approach worked great!! So I want to share it with everyone.
This is what I did:
Crushed ( 7) 1000 mg vitamin c tablets.(one for each chicken) added two to three
tablespoons of cinnamon to the powder and mixed it in chick starter. I put the
mixture in their food pan. I also added electrolytes to their water.
Their symptoms improved the 1st day and I continued the above regimen for one week.
Every one recovered fully!
I have to add that after the 1st dose of my mixture all of the chickens where
acting normally by the end of the 1st day! The roosters were even crowing normally
again. The congestion and mild sneezing or coughing continued for 3 or 4 days
however the congestion no longer had an odor and was mainly clear discharge.
After the 5th day all symptoms seemed to be gone but I continued the treatment
for 3 more days just to make sure.
If anyone else has used this method to treat illness please let me know.
I am curious to see if it was just a fluke or if it is a great home remedy.
