Sick chicks, help please

[ckatta]

Hi all, I'm new to the site and to raising chicks , these 12 are my very first ever so please be patient with me. I hope I'm posting in the appropriate place. I got 12 chicks 3 weeks ago Wednesday they were fine up until a week ago this last Friday I noticed one of my girls shaking her head constantly , sneezing with decreased activity along with eating and drinking. I knew something wasn't right but as I said I'm brand new so I had no idea what to do, I called tractor supply (that's where I got them ) they recommended an antibiotic, right before I left to go pick up the antibiotic which I ended up getting and have them on duramycin-10, I noticed the same poor girl had foamy like bubbles covering her eyes. Well a long story short almost all if my girls within the next day started sneezing and shaking their heads but were acting normal , I saw slight improvement within the first few days (or so I thought) but had a few that just weren't getting appetite or energy back but as time has gone on they are all still shaking their heads and sneezing, there's been 1 that still has the foamy eyes here and there and she just doesn't seem to be recovering but now 9 days on antibiotics and they are still sneezing and shaking their heads. I don't know what it is or what to do with them, I'm confused on what to do next. 4 of them are meat birds , which happen to be the sickest of all if them, were the first ones sick and were the only ones to get the foamy eyes the rest just sneezed and shook their heads. Any Input would be great, please help !!

 

[Realtree4]

I can't help you there.....I'm sorry! Try posting in the Emergencies/diseases board. They have helped me so much there! Hope you get some answers!!!

 

[keesmom]

The foamy eyes are indicative of some sort of respiratory illness, possibly one of the mycoplasmas. What is unusual is that you have no other birds and these are from a hatchery. Generally this happens to people bringing in new birds from a local breeder.

Tylan is usually the antibiotic recommended for respiratory illnesses. Problem is I'm not sure you want that in your meat birds. Also your layers will likely be carriers of this illness. You should post over in Emergencies/Diseases and maybe even Meat Birds for additional help.

 

[ckatta]

Okay thank you for the response, I copied and pasted this in the emergencies/diseases area. Again thank you